I want to thank my colleagues, Representatives Joaquin Castro and Brian Fitzpatrick, for leading on this important legislation.

I have deep concern that our Nation's educators are on the front lines of helping children who are being harmed physically and emotionally by immigration enforcement.

At around 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 22, a fire broke out and punctured the calm of an assisted living facility in my community, Pennsylvania Seven, at Heather Glen Senior Living in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Firefighters answered the call…

I need a deadline on that.

Mr. Pallasch, let us wrap up this issue of money being misapplied.

I, frankly, think that contrary to some of the statements on the other side of the aisle that everybody in this room agrees with that.

If these state offices are critical to the success of the Registered Apprenticeship system, isn't it true that the vacancies are going to undermine the effectiveness of the system?

Can you commit to providing this plan to the committee in writing within the week after Thanksgiving?

That is why I am so proud to have introduced the Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act, which is included in the Deborah Sampson Act. The very least that our men and women in uniform should be able to expect once they come home…

As we know, public condemnation has not curtailed the Chinese government's abusive practices and with this bill we will take real action to identify the Chinese officials responsible for these abuses and impose sanctions upon them under…

I urge unanimous support for the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act of 2019.

Achieving gender parity in education is not just a moral imperative.

I believe that we have an obligation to remember that message right now and to think about what future generations will say about how we acted or did not act in this moment.

This issue and the issue of human rights more broadly is of central importance to our bilateral relationship between the United States and China.

Back in 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson signed the Older Americans Act, Congress codified into law an essential and universal truth, that each generation has a responsibility to protect and support those who raised and have cared for…

I do put this squarely at the feet of the Administration in terms of its actions.

It, literally, makes me cry to imagine.

So the answer to that is no.

Congress also established broad based categorical eligibility in the 2008 Farm Bill so that more children could be eligible for free school meals.

It risks their health and their wellbeing and it is imperative the USDA is transparent with the public.

I know full well the struggles of military families.

Many children would lose their access to school meals as a result of this rule.

We cannot continue to have profits over people as the most important thing governing this discussion.

I want to talk about diabetes and the price of insulin, and you said, Dr. Garthwaite, market competition will drive down costs.

It is unconscionable and I can't believe we're even sitting here having this discussion.