we want to make sure that the government is selected by American citizens and not people who are not citizens of this country.

If someone is here illegally they should not be represented in the U.S. Congress.

It is an outcome that means we are exceptional because we are Americans and we should have government that is decided by American citizens and not people that are foreign nationals in our country illegally.

This is simply unacceptable. We owe every generation of students a well-rounded education that encompasses the educational, social, mental, and physical benefits that come with students attending school.

I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member for holding this critically important hearing today on how our Nation can move forward with safely reopening our schools.

As a father of two and a proud grandfather, I am extremely concerned about the long-term impacts that COVID-19 has had on students as a result of being out of the classroom for months at a time.

If American workers are showing up to work, their elected Members of Congress should do the same.

If we want to narrow those disparities, we should reopen the economy. Safely, of course.

It is clear that the best form of economic stimulus is a job.

While the need is as real as it is urgent, the programs simply are not working as intended.

It will not matter how much money we throw at the problem if the system by which it is distributed is inaccessible to businesses who need it the most.

Authorization of the Water Resources Development Act for needed upgrades to the Greater Williamsport levee in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District can literally save lives, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of economic…

Authorization in the Water Resources Development Act for needed upgrades to the Greater Williamsport Levee in Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District can literally save lives as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in economic assets.

Burdensome regulations at state and local levels prevent building affordable housing units.

I am proud that The American Dream is alive and well, thanks to the economic boom under President Trump.

We can say that we are facing hard bigotry of soft words.

Americans must not be silent in the face of this open and ugly bigotry.

I think there is one thing we can agree upon, and that is our entire immigration system is broken.

No wonder nothing is getting done addressing this and other serious issues facing our immigration system.

I can't imagine what my parents went through knowing that their children were hungry.

I think we need to look at all things that we can do to help this and instead of pointing the finger at one person or another, look for actual solutions.

Most of our constituents do. So when we are sitting here talking as elected officials about people who are breaking the law, we are saying our constituents are--a lot of them--I believe mine do it right and I want to commend those that do…

Rather than try and place blame on one of those individuals or another, I think this body ought to be looking on how we fix it and now how we place blame.

I just want to make sure that when we look at anything as Congress, that we follow the science and the actual science.

We need to make sure that we let the science do it and not as Congress tell the scientists how to do their jobs.