Chaka Fattah: “In reclaiming my time, I would now like to yield to the gentlelady from Connecticut (Ms. Esty).”

This is a special day. This is probably the first day that I would have preferred to have been a member of the chairman's committee rather than of the Appropriations Committee. The committee should be congratulated for its great work on…

We still have a need, as the President has laid out, to return the Nation to being the number-one nation in the world producing college-educated adults.

We have arrived at our final moment in this bill where my colleague from New York, who is an extraordinary Member, has a very important amendment to offer. I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Jeffries

Your leadership has been extraordinary.