Bill Lee

last year the Nation was shocked by undercover videos produced by investigative journalists with the Center for Medical Progress exposing Planned Parenthood's sale of fetal body parts and the callousness with which Planned Parenthood…

I rise today to discuss the Federal Communication Commission's welcome proposal to end utility-style regulation of the internet by reversing the 2015 open internet order. Anyone who has followed the hyperbolic debate about net neutrality…

And you have a 13 percent cut in the Department of Education. Those are the most vulnerable kids who need----

This budget is a broken promise, and it is really a betrayal to every American in favor of tax cuts for millionaires, billionaires, and corporations.

You are forcing families to choose between putting food on the table and a roof over their head.

What about the standard of living for my grandchildren who aren't here yet, who will end up inheriting $30 trillion in debt?

For the life of me, I just have to remind my colleagues that Steve Bannon said that part of the goal of this administration was deconstruction of the administrative state.

Mr. Mulvaney, at least 20 percent of people who are eligible for SNAP don't even receive SNAP because of stigma and other reasons.

never before, really, have I seen such a cruel and morally bankrupt budget.

This budget destroys people's lives.

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones) for his statement tonight and for his leadership. I think, listening to him, listening to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), and working with our colleagues in a bipartisan way, you…

First, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. =========================== NOTE =========================== May 18, 2017, on page H4351, the following appeared: Ms. LEE. Madam…

I will close now. Once again, I ask our Speaker a very simple question, and that is why he has not scheduled a debate on this vital issue that affects our national security. We asked over and over again for a vote to repeal this…

Let me thank Congresswoman Jayapal for yielding and for holding this important issue on this existential threat to our democracy. Also, I just have to say that she has just hit the ground running here on behalf of the American people, on…

I want to thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) for that very powerful statement and for really laying out the fact that Congress is missing in action and that this resolution, this AUMF, must be repealed so that we can move…

I thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey (Mrs. Watson Coleman) for that very powerful statement and also for reminding us that this should not be a partisan issue. With that, I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Yoho), who has been…

I thank Congressman Yoho for his clear and concise statement laying out how explicit the Constitution is as it relates to matters of war and peace and how we must debate both if we are going to continue to use force. We look forward to a…

I want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Khanna) for those kind words, but also for his clarity and his vision and understanding that we must repeal this authorization to use force and put Congress back in the mix where we should…

I rise once again in strong opposition to H.R. 1628, which is a bill to take away health care from 24 million Americans. Whether you believe it or not, health care is a basic right. This shameful bill steals from the most vulnerable among…

I include in the Record the Service Employees International Union's letter voicing strong opposition to the deadly American Health Care Act for their 2 million Members. SEIU, May 2, 2017. Dear Representative: On behalf of the 2 million…

Let me thank Congresswoman Frankel for being such an exemplary chair, and also our vice chair, Brenda Lawrence. You have put together quite a team and really are raising the issues that really don't get raised oftentimes on behalf of our…

But I don't think you really mean that because you don't increase the funding for HBCUs.

It has been the Federal Government that allowed me to go to school, okay? And so when you say that it is up to the parents and local communities, even if young people are being discriminated against, that it is the parents and schools, and…

The budget also proposes to cut funding for the Women's Bureau, $10,000,000, eliminates 70 percent of its staff.

I don't think that is what the HBCUs have requested.