Yvette Clarke

without grant funding, the response would have been much less comprehensive than it was.

the funding for the Homeland Security Grant Program has been reduced significantly under Republican leadership of the House.

Everything else we are saying here becomes moot if this government tilts toward a dictatorship.

At the time that President Obama was first inaugurated, it was clear to most Americans that we had a crisis in the health care system: the cost of premiums was skyrocketing every year, millions of American families did not have health…

I am concerned about this area and the level and the depth and breadth of what our local governments, State governments would encounter were there to be a major incident with respect to cyber if it is the grid.

I am a New Yorker so very familiar with all of the challenges we face.

I think it may be worthwhile for us to take a deeper look into this matter as we go forward.

I was unavoidably detained and missed the first series of votes today. Had I been present, Mr. Speaker, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall No. 450, H.R. 1155, the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of…

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding a second hearing on one of the most important features of the Affordable Care Act, and I welcome our witnesses here today.

Thank you Mr. Chairman for holding a second hearing on one of the most important features of the Affordable Care Act.

I would agree with you. So much of our information is in the public and private domain that, you know, I think we need to take a step back and give this an opportunity to rollout and work with it to make sure that the American people get…

I am concerned about vulnerabilities and the war footing of our Nation, and we haven't discussed that as a Nation in a very, very long time.

I am concerned about lone wolves that are stimulated by the fact that we are now engaged in some sort of military activity.

I am concerned that we are in an era of sequestration right now.

I want to get a sense of, are we going to have to cut budgets? Does this go back on the credit card?

A faster pace in the CFATS inspection and review process could have produced more tangible results.

Basically, doing some sort of reconciliation.

You feel like you are getting information in real time?

There are no Federal setback guidelines or requirements to separate extremely hazardous substances from surrounding populations.

Once you have received your feedback after September 9, would you reach back to the committee and give us a sense of, you know, what the feedback has been in that reconciliation?

Without being lambasted for stating the obvious, we all know that capital is the lifeblood for every small business.

Let me thank the gentleman from Brooklyn, my closest colleague in the New York State delegation--both of our districts being in the borough of Brooklyn--for leading us in this Special Order hour today: Race in America--where do we go from…

As a proud member of the Brooklyn Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, under the leadership of Ms. Sohndra Stone-Snead, president, it is my deepest honor to extend a hearty congratulations to our outgoing national…

It is vital that we as a country take action to strengthen our National policy on critical infrastructure security and resilience and includes measures to strengthen cybersecurity.

Our country's reliance on cyber systems covers the waterfront, everything from power plants to pipelines, and hospitals to highways have increased cyber connections dramatically, and our infrastructure is more physically and digitally…