The fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act stands apart from previous years. Our military continues countless measures abroad to ensure our security here at home. This year, they are also called upon to battle the COVID…

Amtrak's proposal will stifle economic recovery and only add to the growing unemployment in communities that are served by these long-distance routes. Mr. Speaker, despite an infusion of CARES Act funding, these proposed routes guarantee a…

I thank Chair Lipinski, the Rules Committee, and Chairman DeFazio for making my amendment to H.R. 2 in order under en bloc. Mr. Speaker, this amendment expresses the sense of Congress that Amtrak has taken a wrongheaded and shortsighted…

Both decisions denied State and local leaders enough time to implement necessary measures for conducting the election safely amidst the public health emergency and created mass confusion for voters.

It all resulted in what Wisconsin's largest newspaper called 'the most undemocratic election in our State's history.'

We must rise above their partisan antics to ensure every American has equal access to the ballot.

I would say, Madam Chair, that that is the ultimate polling test, which started out the day before our primary election.

We therefore have an even greater obligation to use every tool in our arsenal to administer a universal, accessible, free, safe, and fair fall election.

I want to thank you and the Ranking Member and Members for convening to have this important hearing on concerns raised during the Wisconsin primary election.

Our vote is our voice in our republic. Voting is a right, not a privilege.

All we ask for here in Ohio is a fair fight, but not one that is jury-rigged by one-party rule in Ohio.

President Trump and his allies are trying to undermine confidence in absentee voting and, by association, our electoral system.

Lines stretched several blocks with voters waiting hours in the rain to exercise their constitutional right to vote.

As of yesterday, the United States death toll from COVID-19 has reached over 100,000 precious lives. Recent headlines tell the story of COVID-19 risks as workers report to work with no testing. The Toledo Blade reports: ``Coronavirus…

Testing requires a national strategy, not a 50-State, helter-skelter search for limited supplies. Without rigorous expanded surveillance testing, many more American lives are put on the chopping block because of pure stupidity and…

I thank Chair Lowey for that gracious set- aside, and I wish to say that the American people expect Congress to have their backs. Our economy needs help with historic levels of unemployment bearing down, and the HEROES Act will provide a…

This committee's commitment to NIH will remain as strong as ever.

I appreciate the President in that regard from the very beginning.

I have to tell you, I have heard a lot of stuff not on this committee and certainly it isn't--but particularly in the other body that I have got to tell you is just transparently political claptrap.

President Trump's disastrous budget is filled with deep cuts that tear at the fabric of our Nation.

To propose investing $2,000,000,000 for the wall and cutting $3,300,000,000 from the National Institutes of Health really does expose the Trump Administration priorities for what they are: political rhetoric over public health.

So when I hear you criticized by people that in many cases didn't vote for the bills that gave you the tools then I regard that as political as opposed to substantive.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this economic boost is desperately needed as our Nation sits on such a dangerous precipice. The bill offers hope to millions and millions of Americans, our small businesses, hospitals, and…

At this historic moment for our beloved nation, we come together to pass the largest federal boost to our economy in modem history. This package is ``For Our People.'' It will save lives and our economy. Let me begin with a heartfelt thank…

I worry that reduced U.S. funding would undermine confidence of donors.