"Ms. HOULAHAN. Aye."
"I am an entrepreneur myself, and I am grateful for the opportunity to sit with you today."
"The benefits of youth apprenticeship and of CTE can't be underestimated especially amid our workforce issues."
"It is really critical that our nation's youth and small business owners will be able to access the vital workforce development resources."
"You are critically important to all of us."
"I'm here at this hearing to try to get some answers on behalf of my constituents and my community who really depend on this very critical government service."
"I don't understand why, if a postal worker is touched just like a TSA worker is touched, that it's not a Federal crime."
"I would love to have a follow-on conversation with you on that, because I'm certain I'm not alone..."
"I was that one person who voted on the other side of the aisle that said that we shouldn't be able to pick where we are serving."
"Pregnancy is a medical condition which deserves the same right to privacy and autonomy over medical decisions as any other medical condition."
"As a women entrepreneur myself, increasing opportunities for government contracting and business development for women-owned businesses is obviously particularly important to me."
"My Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency Act, or the WOSB Transparency Act, passed the house earlier this month with very strong bipartisan support."