Kathy Manning

Congress must act, and we must.

This is a pragmatic solution which will have a life-changing effect on every district in this Nation.

We must do more to deter and prosecute hate crimes.

I believe this Committee can do much more to eliminate gaps that remain by requiring all law enforcement agencies to report hate crimes data to the FBI.

I am here today as a proud Co-Chair of the House bipartisan task force for combating antisemitism.

I appreciate this opportunity to testify before you. I would be grateful to work together with all the Members on this Committee and on both sides of the aisle to help strengthen the fight against antisemitism and all forms of hate.

Passing the American Dream and Promise Act will alleviate the strain on our immigration enforcement agencies.

Minimizing gun deaths in interactions between police officers and civilians is truly a bipartisan objective.

United States has a longstanding, bipartisan commitment to fight against antisemitism, and I am here to urge the Committee to take concrete steps to counter this rise in antisemitism.

We need increased funding to recruit and retain qualified personnel and improve technology and infrastructure at ports of entry along the Southern border.

I stand ready to work with this Committee to finally advance bipartisan, commonsense border and immigration policy.

I also support expanding refugee pathways and in-country processing so that migrants are not forced to make the dangerous journey to the United States border.

It is long past time for the Federal Government to take responsibility for its actions.

I thank my friend, Representative Schneider, for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bipartisan House resolution that I helped introduce with the House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, Mike McCaul, and…

For the purpose of closing. For the past 2 weeks, I have been inundated with phone calls, emails, and texts from frantic parents and terrified students who have experienced online hate, taunting from their fellow students, exposure to…

I thank my friend, Representative Brad Schneider, for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support H.R. 3266, the Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act, bipartisan legislation I cosponsored, introduced by Representatives…

I thank my friend, Representative Brad Schneider, for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this bipartisan resolution that I reintroduced with Congressman Brad Schneider and colleagues on both sides of the aisle. This…

I am proud to speak in support of H.R. 340, the Hamas International Financing Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by Representatives Brian Mast and Josh Gottheimer to impose sanctions on the terrorist group Hamas. On October 7, we…

18 days ago, more than 1,000 Hamas terrorists invaded our Democratic ally Israel, and in the most gruesome, savage, and unimaginably barbaric manner attacked 22 Israeli towns, going house to house slaughtering families, raping girls…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

As a parent myself, I often think, how can any parent turn their child over to somebody to take them to a better place or a safer place?

I will tell you that I recently traveled to Kenya.

To me, it jumped off the page as to, you know, no politician who thinks they can glean power--supernaturally I guess--from doing this should go--should not go unaddressed, and they should not--there should be accountability for that kind…

I feel very, very strongly that we, as Americans, and especially as American elected officials, despite our own many domestic problems have an obligation to hear and see human rights abuses and suffering around the world.

I left Nepal with a sense of urgency and commitment to supporting these NGO's and the U.S. Government agencies who have dedicated themselves to the prevention of these tragedies and the support of the survivors.