Bipartisanship is what serves the American people best, and reaching across the aisle allows us to pass legislation.

Last week, I had the opportunity to visit the Community Volunteers in Medicine center in West Chester, Pennsylvania, which works to meet the healthcare needs of the working poor and uninsured in my community. Giuseppe is a member of my…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today in support of my amendment which would increase the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services account by $1.7 million in order to increase the minimum amount that must be spent on…

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 117, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000)''…

Woman, I am nearly speechless with the conversation that I have just heard where we are talking about the most fundamental of things that we need, the equipment that we need to be functioning in our society, that skill of literacy, that we…

So it was a great collaboration with the local school there.

Access to quality education is one of the strongest tools that we have for combating the epidemic of childhood marriage.

I urge the other members of this committee to support this very important legislation that will bolster and affirm the good work of the United Nations to end child marriage.

``Young girls need to see role models in whatever careers they may choose just so they can picture themselves doing that job some day. You can't be what you can't see.'' Madam Speaker, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, spoke…

The barriers that girls and women face do not exist in a vacuum.

I do believe that it is a real question for what the message is that we are sending to the world.

A woman's right to education, to her bodily autonomy, to self-determination, they are all connected.

We grieve for him and his family in the same way that we grieve for you.

There are over a dozen caucuses in Congress today that address issues facing servicemembers and/or veterans, but none of these are geared towards addressing the issues faced by the fastest growing cohort in our Nation's military: women…

I am deeply grateful for your stories.

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 7, line 25, strike ``and''. Page 8, line 5, strike the period at the end and insert ``; and''. Page 8…

I thank Chairman Pallone, Chairman Engel, and Ranking Member McCaul for all of their leadership and guidance on this very, very important issue. I also thank the members of my community who have brought me here to serve in this way. This…

Today I rise for Lori Smith of Pennsylvania, a member of my community who passed away last month after a very long and hard-fought battle with stage IV colorectal cancer. When she first received her diagnosis, Lori learned that several of…

And my question has to do with the Russian military development and the recent revelation/realization that, in 2018, Russian defense spending actually went down.

I would like to take a moment to speak on the bipartisan resolution denouncing the practice of female genital mutilation.

I feel like we are playing with everybody's lives in these partisan games.

I think that we can all agree that we are in a bad place.

I have learned about my job here is to make sure that we deliver a budget on time

I share the responsibility with Congress to make sure that that happens, but I also have learned a little bit about the--your responsibility as well on your side of the table to make sure that you provide clear priorities for us.

what I see is a bunch of White men, and what I am interested in is what we are doing to make sure that we elevate people of color and women to those highest positions of responsibility, STEM and STEAM education.