Carolyn McCarthy: “This Congress must make a commitment to updating and re-authorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.”

I think that, you know, while this committee can do some work to make schools safer from gun violence, you know, my personal belief is that we need to do something in tandem with trying to reduce gun violence outside the school.

I believe a constructive way to help combat this two-pronged nutritional crisis is to provide regular healthy meals in our nation's schools.

We urge members of the Subcommittee to help credit unions by supporting corrective legislation to modernize the cap.

I firmly believe that a majority, if not all, of these issues can be solved with more robust investment in K through 12 STEM education.