That is a very sad fact that we need to address.

Sadly, as is often the case with the Federal Government's treatment of American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, U.S. citizens and nationals living in the insular areas do not receive the…

This is a very important issue, one that affects all the U.S. territories. And I commend the Chairman and the members of this Committee. We have to address this issue. It cannot continue to persist.

American citizens living in our territories are too often overlooked, mistreated, and forgotten, and the government services many of them depend on are treated similarly.

And why those states choose to deny their residents coverage is beyond me.

I commend my colleague, Congresswoman Jayapal, for her work and advocacy for her Medicare for All proposal.

I believe that we must work together to protect health care coverage for individuals who like their current health care plans, expand coverage for Americans who still need it, and to bring down health care costs for everyone.

I support universal access to health care, and I am committed to working with my colleagues to achieve this goal.

So I reject my colleagues who say that the Affordable Care Act is not meeting its goals.

I join with my colleague, Congresswoman Plaskett, and I am very honored to be able to join with her as one of the coanchors for the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour. Tonight, as my colleague indicated, we are here to honor the…

I thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett) for yielding. This is a very serious and important issue that we are talking about tonight. I really want to provide the context to what got us to this point…

The comment period for the American public for this proposed rule by the administration ends on June 21. The Trump administration floated this proposal through what is called a request for comment, essentially a request for the public to…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record information from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities titled ``Trump Administration Floating Changes to Poverty Measure That Would Reduce or Eliminate…

I thank my colleague, the co-anchor for this hour. This has been a very enlightening topic for us to bring attention to. Each one of us has constituents who are impacted, to whom we speak on a regular basis. We cannot allow this…

I thank Congresswoman Adams for her leadership on these issues and her understanding of the dire impacts that the Trump administration's proposed rule change would mean on working families and the poor.

There was a recent article that showed many of the workers of large employers who don't pay a livable wage are on SNAP benefits. These are people who are working, but because they are not being paid an adequate wage, they are eligible for…

We have to have a more balanced discussion in this body. I believe that we need to be competitive, and we need to make sure that we are doing things to help incentivize our private sector. There is a way to do that, but, unfortunately, our…

I am at a loss for words how we choose to balance the budget on 1 million homeless children, but find a way to give tax cuts to the wealthy. We added $1.5 trillion to our Federal deficit, but now we have 1 million homeless children in last…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for organizing today's hearing on the Department of the Interior and its policy priorities for Fiscal Year 2020.

The President's proposed budget would drastically cut programs that benefit America's oldest, including many vulnerable citizens.

Let me be clear. Social Security is not an entitlement. It is a trust fund that people have paid into their entire working life.

Today's oversight hearing is of the utmost importance.

Social Security has and continues to be a safety net for families across southern Nevada and across the country.

I want to thank our primary witness this morning, Congressman Larson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security from the Ways and Means Committee.

I hope we can work collaboratively to find solutions to these shortcomings, and that the DOI will make a promise to the American people that it will manage our lands according to the best interests of all Americans.