Bonnie Watson Coleman

We must consider fundamental principles like privacy and due process.

I am so supportive of the community school design. I believe that we could co-locate services not only for students, but for even families.

We must consider the First Amendment of the Constitution and the freedom of the press.

I am interested in 988 being made publicly available and diverse in who answers that phone.

I am particularly concerned how all of those issues impact black women and the black community and black children.

The one thing I want is for children, irrespective of their race, their color, or whatever, to feel equally valued.

I am always interested in equity of opportunity, providing the opportunities for our children to be globally educationally competitive irrespective of where they live.

I want you to know that, in closing, I am very supportive of community schools.

It seems to me that the FDA is relying on--that we rely upon the FDA on the science, on the efficacy of the therapy or the medication, and CMS makes a determination as to whether or not it should be covered.

I think the community schools that have diversity of services to both the child and the parent... is vitally important to our communities, and I strongly support it.

I am particularly concerned about mental health and suicide and those things that affect black youth, black women, black men. Other sort of underserved communities.

I also believe very much that we could keep children in school doing both academic and athletic and social involvement after the traditional school hours, keep them off the streets.

Thank you very much, Chairman and Ranking Member Cole. Thank you for this. It is really interesting. I am learning a lot, and I know I don't know a lot.

We need to balance both [risks and benefits].

It is imperative that we open up this important conversation to the public, and privacy and civil liberties stakeholders in particular.

What will you do to prepare teachers? What will you do to prepare the administration? What kind of training, bias training, et cetera, is going to be made available?

I thank the gentleman who is the chairman of our Judiciary Committee for recognizing me. I really do wish we could concentrate on other issues as well, and I think that we are. I think that creation of 6.5 million jobs, of unity around the…

I want to appreciate the fact that the Members of this committee have asked very diverse questions.

I am interested in ensuring that there are buckets or pots of money, resources that are available to our institutions.

hate crimes in this country really target Blacks, Asians, Latinos, LGBTQ, and anybody else that the White supremacists think are just not worthy of our respect and our protection.

Thank you, Chairwoman, for bringing us together.

I thank the chairman of our committee for allotting me this time to speak on a bill that I think is very important. Mr. Speaker, I do rise today to defend the right of Black people to exist as their authentic selves. Mr. Speaker, 58 years…

I would like very much to understand what we are doing specifically and how successful FEMA has been in greater diversity.

I stand ready to work with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and for witnesses today to keep our aviation system secure.

This should not be a partisan issue. This is not about gun control, but about aviation security.