I thank Representative Waters for her comments on this very timely matter. Mr. Speaker, how much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 9\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Today's Special Order is going to be about the theme: What do we have to lose? That was something that you heard during the Presidential campaign. Specifically, we want to focus on what do we have to lose: $54 billion in domestic spending…

We have a lot to talk about tonight dealing with HBCUs, dealing with TRIO, dealing with these programs like GEAR UP, Pell Grants, jobs and job training, college workstudy. I want to invite one of our colleagues up, one of our leaders…

I thank Representative Bass very much for her comments and remarks. I really appreciate the gentlewoman always taking this subject to task very seriously and to heart. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore…

I really appreciate Representative Evans' thoughtfulness and his participation on the topic. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Maxine Waters), who is my colleague from Los Angeles County. The gentlewoman is known…

Before I close out this Special Order hour, I do want to thank my colleague from Florida, Representative Val Demings, for participating, and I want her to just share some last words on this subject: What do we have to lose? I know she has…

I thank Representative Demings for her words and inspiration, and I really appreciate her perspective, again. Now she is getting an opportunity to see this as a Member of Congress, but the 27 years that she spent in law enforcement, it…

7 years ago today, President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. Since then, the ACA has helped millions of Americans gain access to affordable healthcare insurance. We all know what is at stake in this Republican bill…

All of those are absolutely good points, and I was talking about the uncompensated costs there for public hospitals. The one thing that I did not mention--and everybody knows this--is that if you don't have insurance and you do find…

Absolutely, Representative Plaskett. And one of our colleagues, who also happens to be my neighbor, Eddie Bernice Johnson, you can easily make the argument that she knows something about health care, considering that she worked in the…

I thank the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands. And I always enjoy hearing from the gentlewoman from the Chicago area, and I appreciate everything that she is doing as well. It is interesting the President posed that question: What do you…

Do you think that that is a mistake in dealing with that particular mission?