This hearing is an important first step.

We are here today to examine the Older Americans Act, a critically important pillar of our efforts to improve the quality of life for older Americans and their families.

We are in a position to advance a reauthorization of the Older Americans Act that will allow millions of Americans across the country to age with dignity.

Just Monday at home in Oregon I heard about an 80-year-old woman who was living in the back seat of her car.

People in the United States of America should be able to retire and age with dignity.

We can help stop this cycle of disinvestment which is eroding the original purpose of the Older Americans Act.

I look forward to once again working with Ranking Member Comer, Ranking Member Foxx, and of course Chairman Scott, and all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to advance a robust Older Americans Act reauthorization bill this year.

I think you will really appreciate everything that happens there.

We must recommit to providing basic services and compassionate care to vulnerable members of our communities.

I invite her and anyone here to sign on to the Opportunities for Success Bill which is a piece of legislation I introduced to do just that.

Seven out of 10 students at 2 year colleges and 6 out of 10 students at 4 year colleges experience some food or housing insecurity over the course of a single year.

I just wanted to say that we generally have a shredded safety net and that applies to students as well.

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A statement of support from Representative Bonamici, one of the lead sponsors of H.R. 1603.

Climate change is one of the greatest existential threats of our time. I am honored to serve on the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis with the leadership of the author of this bill, Representative Castor. In Oregon, smoke from…

the Trump Administration is showing hostility towards those efforts seeking to remove the use of disparate impact regulations.

we have the ability, and, I submit, the obligation as well, to be a leader in curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

we have to acknowledge that we have not as a country fulfilled the promise of this landmark case.

We must reaffirm our commitment to Brown by holding the administration accountable and enforcing the civil rights laws.

We expressed concern that the Department's decision was based, at least in part, on erroneous and misleading information.

I am extremely concerned based on what we heard yesterday about the rollback of that guidance.

It is public money if it is $5 billion less in revenue.

We do need that underlying information what you considered because, again, some of the information was false.

a budget is a Statement of priorities and values and I worked hard on the Every Student Succeeds Act and I am deeply disappointed that the President's budget would zero out funding for Title IV Part A grants.

We know that transgender students are frequently bullied and victimized.