Yvette Clarke

It is extremely timely and appropriate in light of the recent national concerns regarding outbreaks of pandemic diseases and illnesses, that we look at our current animal agro-defense measures to ensure we have the appropriate…

I would like to thank the distinguished Chairman, Chairman Scott, and Ranking Member Neugebauer.

USDA must take the appropriate steps now to implement a biosecurity system for livestock.

Our inability to rapidly and accurately trace diseased and exposed animals increases the likely spread of disease.

It is clear that animal identification is and should be a tool of U.S. Department of Agriculture.

As a New Yorker who witnessed the horror of the 1993 World Trade bombing and the 9/11 attacks first-hand, I am committed to finding solutions to the information-sharing problems that hindered our ability to prevent the attacks.

The PCI requirements are directed solely at merchants and retailers. Why shouldn't there be a prescriptive security mandate for Visa or other payment card brands to secure your own networks?

I clearly recognize how vital a part of our economy the work of the community of arts and culture has been.

I am particularly concerned about it because I have a juvenile facility in my district in Brooklyn, New York.

I wanted to thank Chairman McCarthy and Chairman Scott, Ranking Member Platts for holding this very significant hearing.

I respectfully urge this committee to support President Obama's request, which is an important step in the right direction towards fully funding the CDBG program.

Everyday we hear and read in the news how the increasing number of mortgage foreclosures poses a financial threat to local housing markets, financial institutions, homeowners, and State and local governments.

I believe that the fiscal year 2010 budget is this country's first major step and blueprint for fiscal recovery, stability and responsibility.

I also look forward to working in the same bipartisan spirit that the previous Chairman and Ranking Member carried on their work.

I will begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement.

I am particularly concerned about the lack of internal controls, oversight and accountability in the 287(g) program.

Victims of crime and witnesses should be able to come forward and talk to the police freely without fear of being arrested or deported.

As the new Chair of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science, and Technology in the 111th Congress, I am encouraged that one of your first acts in office you issued an action directive on cybersecurity instructing…

I was so happy to hear that you are looking at that system, because there are hard-working rank-and-file employees working for USCIS, but they don't have the tools available to them to do the processing in an expedient manner.

It is important that we sort of evolve into a more proactive approach, because at a certain point the saturation of that list becomes really something that we can't use as an accurate tool to be able to address our main concern, which is…

Recently, the House unanimously passed H.R. 559, a bill I sponsored which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to furnish the comprehensive cleared list to all DHS components and to other Federal and State and local and tribal…

The challenges that they faced served as the brainchild for this legislation. I ask my colleagues to join me in the restoration of civil liberties, creating a truly fair, accurate, secure and timely redress process. I ask them to join me…

I don't think there is a dollar value that can you truly put on the work that these women and men do with our youngest, most vulnerable ones. And they make that sacrifice. Wouldn't it be awesome if they were rewarded and our communities…

What it is is the coming of age. Our economy is evolving in ways that generations before us could have never imagined. That means that we have to redouble our efforts when it comes to the education of our young. We have to come up with the…

Just think about the mobility of a family that is unable to have their child care subsidized, the time that it will take for them to be able to gain firm footing once their children now get into public schools. And then the challenges they…