There are some pretty big, high-level issues that need to be addressed.

I am afraid of COVID, to be honest with you.

So they can't come in because they are used to a higher salary that would bump their pension, and it messes up our budget?

We will be forever grateful for the heroic actions of your officers, your employees on January 6 of last year.

The practice of seclusion and restraint, we have talked about this before, of special ed students I think is extremely detrimental to these young people, and the stories I have heard are--they are horrific.

Thank you, Madam Chair, and I am glad Mr. Pocan asked about this.

These educators are doing everything they can, but these kids are coming in with a whole set of challenges.

I think children are kind of front and center in that.

I think we can't say it enough.

We should not sell students down the river that you have to go to a 4-year liberal arts school, and that is what success is.

I have heard requests for that, or SROs, and some of our funds are flexible, and some of them just aren't.

One of the things I hear a lot about from educators at home in Southwest Washington is lack of resources to address mental health needs.

I do think there are some immediate solutions that I am going to be asking the Administration to be considering...

Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler's Preventing Maternal Deaths Act, established a grant program for States to establish or expand maternal mortality review committees.

I am a cosponsor of the Threat Assessment Prevention and Safety Act which would require Capitol Police to have a representative on the newly established DHS Joint Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Task Force.

The only concern I have is the only ones who are going to really go through that whole process are people who are self-selecting, likely.

And I am happy to be back here this year to dive into the agencies that make up the first branch of our government, the legislative branch.

I completely believe the reason you are doing this is to make this a more functional, effective, efficient institution.

I look forward to working with you to ensure that the Capitol Complex and campus stay safe for both lawmakers but for our visitors, for the American people.

I think we are very fortunate that you have chosen to serve, and serve here, and take care of really the Capitol complex.

It means there is stuff happening.

It seems like we should be able to come up with something.

I believe it is time for a makeover--a new name that spells your mission out, something akin to the other congressional support agencies.

I would encourage you to not look at fundraising or support as necessarily partisan or someone having strings attached.

the reality that we are living in an area--you know, we might not get shut down, but people amongst us will be or possibly could be sick.