Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Escobar) to discuss this proposal.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for yielding me the customary 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, with the two bills under consideration in today's rule, we have a striking example of…

Mr. Speaker, I am so sorry my colleague across the aisle misunderstood me. The fake crisis I was referring to was the crisis that this defund our schools bill is seeking to address, which is the use of active public school buildings to…

Mr. Speaker, as I suggested, this is just about rightwing messaging, pushing a false narrative that anybody is advocating for an open border--they aren't--while still refusing to come to grips with what do we do with the people who come…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, we heard the gentleman describing parents of schoolchildren being frightened, upset, and agitated because their school needs, their education needs, their needs for food…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, what we are seeing this week is a tale of two Congresses, one that is capable of working across the aisle to solve real problems but one that is increasingly held…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As I was listening to some of the prior speakers, I started to understand why we have this defund the schools bill before us today. It is based upon a whole bunch of…

Mr. Speaker, I find myself in complete agreement that we should be addressing the actual issues, like student achievement, that are impacting our students, but, obviously, this bill does none of that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from New Mexico.

Mr. Speaker, last week, we celebrated our Nation's birthday, a day that conjures up images of flags and fireworks, family barbecues and patriotic parades. But in my district, the dominant image on July 4 was a mint green child's bicycle…

I want to focus my questions on hospital consolidation and the growing problem of private equity firms buying up hospitals and healthcare groups.