Suzanne Bonamici

The Equality Act is our opportunity to right that wrong.

Every day LGBTQ Americans across the country are living without the guarantee of basic civil rights protections.

Thank you very much, Ms. Shappley, for your testimony and for participating.

To the LGBTQ and gender nonconforming people who are watching this hearing today, you may be told that you are not welcome.

We cannot let fear impede progress. The American story is one of expanding equality for marginalized people.

Let this be the time that we take action. Let this be the year, let this be the Congress when we heed that call.

Climate change is one of the greatest existential threats of our time; we cannot wait any longer to take bold action to address it.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

So they have the debt but they don't have the certificate or diploma.

Today, we have this opportunity. Let's pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and make equal pay for equal work a reality.

I am very concerned about amending the rules of how the committee operates with things that we have to consider.

We have seen women in the trades. Across the country the representation is quite low, but in Oregon we have a wonderful organization, Oregon Trades Women.

I think the real key is making sure that we have a path for everyone.

I disagree with my colleagues who continue to call for the elimination of IRIS.

But the direction that I'm seeing I do not consider improvement.

Continued efforts to sideline science from the policymaking process at the EPA will have chilling consequences.

The Environmental Protection Agency should rely on the best available independent science to inform Federal policy.

A lot of the current technical education classes that are offered in high schools I think will help expose students.

As a member of this subcommittee and this committee, I am certainly not going to argue that a college degree is not valuable.

We are committed to taking bipartisan steps toward a Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act that our children desperately need and deserve.

We need to make sure that state agencies can work quickly and collaboratively with a broad range of protection and support services for all children, no matter where they are.

Congress has the moral obligation to expand and improve the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act for the new challenges facing our children, families, and communities.

We must work together to invest in services that prevent, not just treat, child abuse and neglect.

The United States is a wealthy country. We have the resources to reduce hunger and food insecurity.

We must continue to strengthen child nutrition programs and protect the progress we have made toward providing all children with the nutritious food that fuels their health and their futures.