On the recordDecember 9, 2015
I thank the gentlewoman from Connecticut for that very poignant statement and for her tremendous leadership each and every day. Also, I want to thank the gentlewoman for laying out what the choices are in terms of our priorities and the fact that we know how to eliminate, really, poverty if we just have the will to. So I thank the gentlewoman for laying it out. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend and colleague from New Jersey, Congresswoman Watson Coleman, who each and every day is so consistent with her votes and her voice in terms of doing what is right for children, for the American people, for her constituency. Once again, I thank her for giving us the time this evening to talk about poverty because that certainly is a priority of hers. With the Progressive Caucus, she has just hit the ground running and has really captured this moment to talk about the issues that the American people care about.
