we all understand that we can do better, that we can find better ways to feed hungry children.

I want to thank my colleagues Congressmen Payne and Kelly for leading the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order Hour. My Congressional district in Ohio includes much of Cuyahoga County. A few years ago, the county analyzed the…

On Saturday April 11, our Nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Seven years have passed since No Child Left Behind was signed into law, which was the last reauthorization of the ESEA. A new…

I want to thank my colleagues Congressmen Payne and Kelly for leading the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order Hour. Mr. Speaker, fifty years ago 600 men and women began a peaceful march in Selma, Alabama to demand their full and equal…

I want to thank my good friend for yielding. I want to thank my colleagues, Payne and Kelly, for leading the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour. You are our message team. You are the people who let all of the world, all of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 92, strike lines 8 through 14 and insert the following: SEC. 121. FISCAL REQUIREMENTS. Section 1120A…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

It is certainly important that we restore MOE requirements to this bill. H.R. 5 must be amended to ensure every child in America has access to a quality education. Mr. Chairman, this bill is so flawed that even this amendment will not…

My amendment would reinstate maintenance of effort requirements in H.R. 5. It would continue to require States to show that current year funding is at least 90 percent of the prior year amount before receiving any Federal education…

I strongly oppose H.R. 5, the Student Success Act. The Elementary and Secondary Education Act reaffirmed the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education that every child has the right to an equal educational opportunity. H.R. 5…

We can't do meals for kids at that center and we can't use senior center funding for meals for seniors because the Federal Government doesn't allow you to leverage.

I, like everyone else, would like to stamp out hunger in this country and I am dismayed every minute of every day that we aren't there.

It is demoralizing, it is inappropriate, and it is something that we can work together to absolutely eradicate.

Having these huge gaps doesn't make any sense.

I look forward to hearing from you and from my colleagues on this important issue.

My priority is children.

Unless Congress updates FERPA and clarifies what information can be collected, how that information can be used, and if that information can be shared, student privacy will not be properly protected.

Congress must ensure student data, is being used only for defined educational purposes, and cannot be sold or used for private companies' financial gain.

And again, I thank all of you for being here. Very insightful. Very educational. We have learned a great deal today.

Congress must ensure student data is being used only for defined educational purposes and cannot be sold or used for private companies' financial gain.

I want to take a moment to congratulate you on being selected by your colleagues to serve as ranking member of this subcommittee.

This must be Groundhog Day because this House continues to revisit over and over again a woman's right to make decisions about her own health. Roe v. Wade has long established a woman's constitutional right to have an abortion prior to a…

Let me just thank my colleagues. Certainly, it has been a high honor to serve as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, and I will express that later on today at our meeting. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the recent tragedies that…

Thank you very, very much. And I thank you, Congressman Jeffries, for leading the Congressional Black Caucus Special Order hour for the 113th Congress. For your weekly advice, for your weekly message, I thank you. We owe you a debt of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I want to thank my colleagues Jeffries and Horsford for leading the Congressional Black Caucus Hour. It is an issue that, I think, is important to this entire country, and it should be a priority for all…