Mr. Speaker, on Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 294, providing for consideration of H.R. 2021, the Investing for the People Act, under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important hearing.

I find that troubling. Someone-- I dealt with letters of credit, insurance and collateral as a chairman of the Insurance committee in the New York State Assembly, and find this, frankly, if it is true, financially irresponsible.

When there has been an unwillingness to cut funding from critical programs that benefit students and taxpayers.

I want to know, Madam Secretary, if you will commit to publishing monthly reports indicating whether schools have letters of credit and whether the Department has those letters of credit on hand and how much they are worth?

I would like--I appreciate that, and obviously, what I would like to know in addition to that is if there was no letter of credit, what steps you would take to make sure that the liabilities were covered...

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Woodall), my friend, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this…

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 294 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 294 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to also add my condolences to the Senator's family. I remember, as a young boy growing up interested in politics, that I was always struck by his thoughtfulness, the demeanor in which he held himself in an era…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi) for his eloquence and his leadership on this critically important issue. I rise to express my strong opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to…

Mr. Speaker, more than 4 million women in the United States experience physical violence by a domestic partner every single day. This staggering statistic underscores the great importance of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization…