Deborah Koff Ross

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today in support of the Inspector General Independence Act. Inspectors general are vital to the integrity, efficiency, and efficacy of our Government. It is crucial that they operate free from…

We determined that three key ingredients that have contributed to the Triangle's success are local business community buy-in, connections to universities, and an environment conducive to start-ups.

Thank you for holding this hearing, Chairwoman Stevens, and thank you to all the panelists for joining us today.

Thank you, and thank you to the Ranking Member for holding this very important hearing today.

It was created to avoid the brain drain from our institutions of higher education, including our HBCUs.

I think there's a huge opportunity for K through 12 educators to partner with the private sector.

The Triangle now is an ecosystem of hundreds of companies, government agencies, academic institutions, startups, and nonprofits.

We also discussed challenges facing the region, including the need for more early education STEM opportunities to strengthen the talent pipeline and the growing affordable housing crisis.

I represent a district that includes much of the Research Triangle Park, the largest research park in the United States.

When you suppress the right to vote, in essence, you are suppressing people's humanity.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you also to Chairwoman Stevens, for holding this very crucial and timely meeting.

For those who do not believe that racism exists in the United States, I hope the testimony of our Witnesses helped them understand that racism and brutality 100 years ago, 400 years ago, continues to stand in the way of the success of the…

Debt collectors often operate with impunity, threatening servicepeople, denying small business owners due process, and harassing customers and homeowners with repeated calls, texts, and emails. Harassment by debt collectors negatively…

I represent the 2d District in North Carolina, which is the Research Triangle area, and we are a very STEM-focused area.

At NC State, which gets a fair amount of NSF funding, international students make up 35 percent of their graduate student population.

Both Presidents of these HBCUs, Shaw and St. Aug's, said that they simply do not have some of the infrastructure and the equipment to do that kind of research.

This is an important issue, and it is worth all of our time, not just today but going forward.

This bill is not just about the past, it is about the future. Gender-based wage discrimination exists in every State and in many industries. In the tech industry, which has a huge presence in my district in North Carolina's Research…

I attended a Press Conference on pay equity. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 105.

Congress needs to be much more robust in what it--how it exercises its powers.

Today tornadoes are predicted in my district, and having a resilient energy grid, and a modern energy grid, is so, so important.

I thank Representative Lawrence for her leadership and for organizing this Special Order hour on this incredible night in this incredible month of Women's History Month. I also want to point out that all three women from the North Carolina…

Thank you so much, and thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for having this important hearing, and in such a timely way.

These individuals, whether they were born here or came to North Carolina as immigrants, are an essential part of the Research Triangle's workforce and community.

This stems directly from xenophobic Federal policies.