Summer Lee

The moment is here to build what comes next.

This is how dictators take power. They manufacture crises, undermine our institutions, and erode our checks and balances.

The release didn’t really give us a smoking gun, but it did produce plenty of collateral damage.

I think that they need to own it.

No one should be penalized for getting married, especially when it comes to accessing the critical benefits that so many people in our community rely on.

While the so-called Department of Government Efficiency has been on a rampage to root out 'waste, fraud, and abuse,' they've been ignoring the biggest money pit in the entire federal government: the Department of Defense.

The people want a more efficient government, quality healthcare, housing costs that don't skyrocket, and affordable eggs and groceries—not a bloated military budget that doesn't make us any safer.

It is unacceptable that such a vital part of our country function has become so unreliable and controversial.

The Postal Service is not going to improve its major problems until they actually listen to their customers and their employees.

Can you explain how it would take over a year to receive a return-to-sender piece of mail?

Not getting those bills on time or at all can mean late fees or missing out on pay-early discounts.

Mr. DeJoy, I am really sorry, but your employees do not agree.

It is completely unacceptable to have so many employees reaching out for help and for no one at the Postal Service to do anything about it.

It cannot be overstated how vital the Postal Service is to this country.

In 2022, the New York Times reported that the 2020 Census undercounted the number of Hispanic, Black, and Native-American residents.

A single form filled out by millions shape 353 programs to provide $2.8 trillion in Federal funding for communities across America.

I just find it bizarre that we are even having this hearing.

I can tell my colleagues across the aisle, that area is very much an area that votes Republican, and those of us in New Mexico, we do not care.

I do not think it can be stressed enough how important FEMA is going to be in the years to come.

Rather than fixate on a single incident, this Committee should be working to ensure that the entire system is equitable for all Americans.

I hope that we can all come together to give the American people the help that they deserve.

The climate crisis is here. Pretending that it does not exist or that it will not get worse only harms the people that we have been sent to this body to represent.

We know, as was just stated by my friend across the aisle, that on January 20, a new day is coming.

Let us talk about one of the biggest threats, which is disinformation and eating away at the emergency services that help our communities.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on S. 2228, and I yield back the balance of my time.