Bonnie Watson Coleman

I know that, Mr. Secretary, and I need to see how we intend to accomplish that, because all the good intentions in the world need to be followed by a plan of action and a degree of accountability.

I know this is more crisis oriented, but I also know that many of these individuals that we encounter with a mental health crisis also have a substance abuse crisis.

So do you believe that you can acquire equal and separate?

But it doesn't seem to me from what past experiences I have observed personally that 28 days is not enough days to really stabilize somebody.

Yours is such an important agency when it comes to the health and well-being from our infants to our retiring adults, from the womb to the tomb.

I would like to know what this administration's plan is to desegregate our schools, to ensure that there is equity of education.

I, for one, am a supporter of county colleges.

I am very much concerned about the fact that... those who were minority communities and those who were women still got left out.

New Jersey has the reputation of having one of best school systems in the country, but we also have the most segregated school system.

I also wanted to talk to you all about youth, suicide among African-American youth and other youth of color...

Madam Chairman, we need to figure out a way to get that information out to all States, to incentivize States to engage in these kind of proactive and reality-based and real-time based issues and make sure that wherever you live, you have…

the Office of Civil Rights is so vitally important, and that is where we will look for the accountability.

we had enough of Betsy DeVos and her misguided policies for 4 years.

And not to be celebrated one month a year every year, throughout their learning experience.

Just last night, I am happy to say that my bill Pursuing Equity in Mental Health Act passed the House...

I think that is an overused, outdated term. We can do just about anything other than the few biological things that only men can do.

I am also a supporter of the TRIO program because getting to those first-generation, those underserved communities...

I am very interested in seeing that the Pell grants are increased.

I am glad to have a Secretary of Education who believes in the power of public education and is willing to support and protect our students in the public education system.

Because our children become our adults, and one thing we don't want is to have a whole bunch of uninformed adults that seize upon the Capitol of the United States again.

I am a huge fan of county colleges because I think the county colleges meet so many different diverse needs and get to our very diverse populations.

I appreciate that because I think there is a whole bunch of retooling that is necessary now.

I will do anything that I can to ensure that you all are treated with the respect that you need in order to keep us safe and secure in the homeland.

Not one Republican in Congress voted for the American Rescue Plan.

the former administration's incompetence in dealing with this area as well resulted in a backlog, resulted in women not having jobs outside of their homes.