Bonnie Watson Coleman

I want to ask you a question about the Department's decision to up the number of individuals that it plans to house at the headquarters from 12,800 employees to 18,000 employees.

So will some of those personnel be involved in tamping down, calming down episodes at these events like we have seen at some already?

I do understand and appreciate that you have been doing a lot to try to lift morale and make people happy about working in the important work that they do.

This is not an issue of not enough candidates. This is an issue of the system not being able to move.

I believe that this issue is broader than what we are experiencing in this very sad situation.

So tell me, give the timeframe because I am confused somewhat about the timeframe when this should have happened.

So then why did you not as the emergency manager ensure that before this switch was going to take place that all of the safety and security measures were in place?

This week, we open Women's History Month--an opportunity for us to celebrate the progress women have made and the amazing contributions that we are responsible for. We have more women in Congress now than ever before. Women are now the…

I thank the gentlewoman for being with us this evening. I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Graham).

I want to thank the gentlewoman, and I want to say tonight that we definitely will be coming back here again on a Special Order hour and addressing this issue. We will just continue to do it until we can see some movement. I thank you for…

I need to understand what would be the most efficient involvement of agencies.

I thank the Congresswoman. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Quigley).

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. My amendment would simply ensure that those who have filed a…

Are there standards that people who grow crops have to follow, people who grow livestock have to follow?

Who monitors that that is actually happening? Are those Federal standards?

I just want to know if there is any such thing?

Are there standards? Who monitors? Should there be monitoring?

We thank you for this opportunity to raise what is a very important issue in 2016. Women are being attacked on several fronts, whether it is on cases that are being brought before courts or whether it is in this House. We have got to…

I am opposed. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mrs. Watson Coleman moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3624 to the Committee on the Judiciary with instructions to report the same…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5- minute votes on passage of the bill, if…

Next Tuesday the Supreme Court will take up Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, which is a case that challenges Texas' outright offensive effort to strip women of their right to choose. Last night the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals…

I really do get the sense that there is a wake-up call here and that we recognize how important it is to standardize, document, and move forward with this.

Today, the subcommittee meets to respond to a serious management challenge facing the Department of Homeland Security--specifically, how does DHS build and maintain the large, complex workforce needed to keep Americans safe?

It just seems to me that this is so vitally important to ensuring that there is consistency and that you have what you need.

I wasn't suggesting that you were relinquishing anything. My concern is whether or not there is follow-up and accountability.