Nita Lowey

It would strike a serious blow to our system and, yes, to our democracy if that report is not fully seen.

This request is clearly out of touch with the needs of our constituents.

It is really disappointing that Secretary Ross is not here; he should be here, and his absence disrespects this committee.

we depend--we give more money to Washington than we get from Washington, we need the money.

Thank you for appearing before us today. And we will--in closing, we will have the complete report, or are you going to be selective as to what you give Members of Congress?

You have no directive to do that?

I would rather put a burden on those who are doing the investigation than the potential shooter.

The 2020 Census is a serious constitutional obligation that must be adequately funded and free of partisan interference.

This policy expansion could dramatically impede the effectiveness of our foreign assistance and life-saving programs.

This type of coercion runs contrary to the basic tenets of freedom that our country was founded upon.

this Administration's decision to include the citizenship question is, frankly, highly offensive and, as multiple Federal courts have held, unconstitutional.

A cut of $5,000,000,000, as the budget proposes, would reverse this trend and send the wrong signals to young scientists.

Your budget would cut funding for CDC's immunization activities by $78,000,000.

You are responsible for the care of thousands of unaccompanied children who continue to stream across our southern border.

You are taking the agency from enforcement. You are taking away from weeding out bad actors to offering bad actors technical assistance...

This Budget relies on anecdotal evidence and false concepts that you call choice and freedom.

President Trump pretends he believes in deficits and proposes cutting $2,000,000,000,000 from Medicare and Medicaid.

Secretary DeVos, your Budget request does not reflect the reality in classrooms across the country, and if enacted would cause structural damage to communities across the nation.

Not only do you ignore racial and socioeconomic disparities in our education system, you propose policies proven to increase the divide.

For all of our greatest health crises we need our great agencies to be fully involved in finding the solutions.

You have allowed contractors who cheat their workers to continue with, quote, ``business as usual.''

Your budget would slash funding for CDC's Center for Chronic Disease Prevention by a whopping $237,000,000.

I believe my friend, the ranking member, Tom Cole, will concur that biomedical research is one of the most important investments a country can make because it gives the gift of life.

the President's Budget guiding principle, one that bolsters military spending while sharply cutting funding in education and training, while claiming that we simply cannot afford it, is an argument that I wholeheartedly reject, and I am…

I would like to increase this budget as much as we possibly can, because I feel we are not really working on numbers here on this committee.