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 think that we can all agree that we are in a bad place.
I feel like we are playing with everybody's lives in these partisan games.
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...
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 ...
I would very much like to have a very specific answer to that question because I am also a former teacher, and deadlines matter.
I firmly believe that the work that you do prevents the work that my family needs to do.
I watched as constituents at home went without pay, and people were used as pawns in political negotiations.
But what we should never tolerate is federal workers and contractors being forced to work without pay because we in the executive and legisl...