Eva M. Clayton: “This bill is a well-crafted, balanced bill, and it is much needed in rural areas. But I cannot find the rationale for…”

the infrastructure provisions in this amendment provide $45 million annually for 10 years and would allow communities that the gentlewoman and I know are 5,000, 3,000, small communities, and even nonprofit organizations in the…

I was about to ask the gentleman if he is suggesting that he would be willing to restate it, all the legal immigrants, plus your provision, if they had some standard? Is that a 5-year standard, a 4-year standard?

I would like first to thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) for asking us to really speak out on this worldwide issue. In fact, we have an opportunity to speak out on this issue 2 days before what we call World AIDS Day. As this…

I come before this body again to seek additional resources for our struggling and rural communities, along with a safety net for our farmers. Both I think can happen. Clearly, agriculture has long played and continues to play an important…