"Under this Administration, the military spending has increased to near historic highs with the majority of funding being used to modernize our nuclear weapons and missile system."
"Massive tax cuts for the rich, aggressive military spending, and excessive immigration enforcement have all partially contributed to these high deficits."
"However, we know that this Administration is not afraid to cut important programs that millions of Americans rely on every single day to try to fix Trump's policy failures."
"We are challenging the Government of Uganda for having no single safe space for girls that have been offended in situations like this."
"It is such a tragedy that there are so many young women's opportunities for education, for a stable life that does not get to be advanced because they are sometimes forced to become mothers and care f..."
"I really think that there is a pressing global challenge of child marriage."
"I have found it be quite alarming in the number of countries that have policies on the books that have increased the age, the legal age for a young woman to get married, but still have this problem pe..."
"As a millennial--speaking of millennials, I am the sponsor of a bill to cancel out student debt."
"It was really unfortunate to see many of my colleagues using this hearing to be able to go after Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and to advocate for us to utilize our resources in putting more mon..."
"I hope that cooler heads prevail and that we deploy diplomacy and look at using many of the tools that we have in our toolbox."
"It is my understanding that every president since Kennedy has started or completed an arms control agreement in their first term and our current president is on track to break that streak."