I also want to thank Congressman Wilson.

The Fourth District has seen a distinctive shift in the economic drivers at play in our area--now boasting one of the largest concentrations of high-skilled manufacturing in the country.

I-CAR is a solid model of how partnerships between institutions of higher education and the community they serve can spark tremendous job growth and economic development.

If you run into anyone else who has not met a senior citizen or someone they perceive to be old, let Congressman Wilson and I know so we can walk them to the United States Senate where they will meet lots of them.

Creating jobs is imperative for the U.S. to maintain its standing in the world.

the reality is, how do we pay attention to that and look for other sources of funding to offset some of that cost?

The Fourth Congressional District has a depth and breadth of resources to not only be a statewide or regional leader but a national leader in economic development and job growth.

I was asked by the Subcommittee to speak about the innovative and strategic work that we have initiated to address important workforce-related issues.

If I told you that we could craft legislation that funded all three sectors of the D.C. school system--public, private, and charter--to fund all three of them, would you then support the Opportunity Scholarship program?

if a program is working or if it even appears to be working, you would be willing to continue it.

the Opportunity Scholarship program, a 91 percent graduation rate.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a modern-day forefather who rekindled the foundational beliefs of our country, a leader who earnestly believed in American exceptionalism and the durable power of individual…