Carolyn Maloney

To continue purchasing gas-guzzling vehicles is not only bad for the environment, it is bad for the Postal Service, it is bad for its customers, and it is bad for America.

Electric vehicles are the vehicles of the future.

Going electric is imperative for our environment, for the Postal Service's bottom line, and for our national security.

Cutting our dependence on fossil fuels is also a national security imperative.

My bill tries to cut down on these unfair and deceptive practices.

I do have a bill that I have had in for a number of years, the Overdraft Protection Act, which is common sense.

Do you think consumers would benefit by at least, at minimum, having some baseline level of protections for overdraft practices such as my bill?

Today's hearing shows your focus on protecting consumers, and your focus on affordable housing. You will be deeply missed.

I would like to see that $15 billion kept in the pockets of some of our most-needy residents, and not going to unfair, deceptive, and manipulative overdraft fees.

I would say that is unfair and deceptive and extremely hard on some of the most-vulnerable in our society.

That is exactly what my bill does. It allows people, if they want the overdraft protection, to opt in.

In 2010, under the leadership of President Obama, we passed the Affordable Care Act, a landmark law that made affordable healthcare accessible to more than 30 million people across the United States.

In this Congress, I was proud to join over a hundred of my colleagues in reintroducing Congresswoman Jayapal's Medicare for All Act.

President Biden has unified our allies in Asia and Europe.

Since President Biden took office, congressional Democrats have continued to strengthen and enhance the ACA to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for every person in the United States.

If my Republican colleagues were really worried about inflation, they would support policies that bring down healthcare costs.

Democrats in Congress have spent decades fighting, and succeeding, to expand access to healthcare in the United States.

Despite these relentless attacks and thanks to the tireless work of patients, caregivers, and community advocates, the ACA still stands.

The truth is we cannot afford our current healthcare system.

Unfortunately, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle not only opposed this law, but over the last decade, they have voted more than 60 times to repeal it or weaken it.

Any attempt to threaten, intimidate, or inflict harm on innocent college students and staff, particularly students and staff at HBCUs, impedes the right to access high-quality educational opportunities.

I look forward to continuing to work with you to support HBCUs.

I want to thank the student leaders who are testifying before us today: Kylie Burke of Howard, Emmanuel Ukot of Xavier University in New Orleans, and Devan Vilfrard of Florida A&M.

59 historically Black colleges and universities have been targeted with bomb threats. That is absolutely unacceptable.

These reprehensible threats against Black institutions echo the tactics employed by the Ku Klux Klan.