Chrissy Houlahan

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

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

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…

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 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.

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.

Again, I urge the adoption of my amendment and also the adoption of H.R. 1 so that we can once again restore the faith of the people and focus on the working Americans of today. Mr. Chairman, if you do a shift or even if you have a 9 to 5…

I very much appreciate the bipartisan spirit and the olive branch that the gentleman has reached out to me. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes).

But what we should never tolerate is federal workers and contractors being forced to work without pay because we in the executive and legislative branches have failed to perform our very basic duties as elected officials.

I watched as constituents at home went without pay, and people were used as pawns in political negotiations.

I am the daughter of a refugee who came here 70 years ago, and these issues are critically important to me as well.

What I am trying to understand is in a world where we have these caps, which are not being met.

I consider myself to be an entrepreneur and very much about elevating small business people.