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Bonnie Watson Coleman is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights during her tenure in Congress. Coleman is known for her advocacy on social justice and her efforts to address the needs of her constituents in New Jersey. She has been an outspoken critic of various policies and actions from the Trump administration, emphasizing the importance of integrity in leadership.
I thank the gentlewoman from California for giving me this opportunity to speak on what I think is a very important and very good bill. I am here to speak on H.R. 2740, which contains the fiscal year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services…
Democrats continue to fight for access to healthcare in our work to deliver progress for the people because it is essential to daily life. You cannot work, you cannot care for your children, you cannot do anything without your health. I…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. The Department of Homeland Security's mission is complex and diverse. Not only is DHS charged with preventing terrorism, but it is the lead Federal agency for emergency management, cybersecurity, and…
So will you consider a small business set-aside in that contract going forward?
The administration is seeking to vastly expand offshore drilling but is also proposing cuts to the U.S. Coast Guard's Marine Environmental Protection account for next year. Do you think that is responsible?
the responsibility for the insufficiency of staff and leadership and direction and mission and commitment at DHS lays right at his feet.
Do you continue to separate parents from children as they are coming across the border?
I am disturbed that your proposal to eliminate the program, the Senior Community Service Employment Program, $400,000,000, I am concerned that you would eliminate that program at a time where I think our grandparents are re-entering in the…
one of the reasons that we have access to legal abortions and safe abortions is because so many women were dying when you didn't have access to safe abortions.
What is your rationale for having rolled back the guidance on dealing with discrimination and civil rights issues in the schools?
I am also concerned about sarcoidosis and what is happening with regard to research in that area.
Well, then I would assume that these career staffers would have engaged in rigorous investigations of what have been very flagrant and numerous and consistent violations of workers' rights.
I want to know how does that affect your research and the work you are doing in the areas that I was asking about.
from my perspective, it doesn't seem that this budget here addresses the unique needs of those in the poorest communities and in communities of color.
the Administration has reduced money that is available to be used to make known what is covered when coverage is available and how you can get covered.
Have you launched any investigations into the Trump golf clubs that have been documented to have had undocumented workers working in those facilities, underpaid, no benefits, no overtime, no sick leave, no nothing, and, in some instances…
how we spend our money and propose to spend it is an absolute reflection of our values
I specifically want to know how many investigations have been launched. And if you are able to tell me that none have thus been launched, will you commit to doing those investigations?
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