Kim Schrier

Integrating our schools is also part of that, and your testimonies were incredibly compelling in laying out what a difference that makes.

I consider it my job here to make sure that every child gets his or her best chance.

Giftedness does not know economics. Giftedness does not know the color of your skin.

Kids don't get to pick their parents, they don't get to pick the number of parents they have, they don't get to pick the color of their skin, or their zip code, or their income level.

I would just remind you that investing in schools or students' learning is investing in students.

I hear you. So let me just say, the flat funding is really falling short for the families that I take care of.

We are only funding 14, 14.7 percent, and your flat funding would even cut that further to 13 percent for Fiscal Year 2020.

It takes some special kind of heartlessness to cut funding for the Special Olympics.

Nobody chooses this so that they can win a race or they can be a football star.

The only person at risk right now is my patient Sam. He is the one who is subject to being injured.

I know that many parents are not as supportive as you are. And this is one of the reasons that so many transgender teens become homeless teens.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 44, line 14, insert after ``professionals'' the following: ``, including specialists in trauma and in…

For these individuals, the USDA proposal would do nothing to help them find work, while adding yet another obstacle in their way, which is food insecurity and hunger.

What is really missing from this is a standardized set of data. We need to be measuring the same thing.

In Washington, we estimate that more than 43 percent of our state's ABAWD population currently experience homelessness, disproportionately higher than the broader SNAP population in the country at 11 percent.

I am writing requesting your support for watershed restoration and addressing backlogs of road and trail maintenance on our National Forests by appropriating $50 million in funding for the Forest Service Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation…

We see no rational justification for this Administration's sweeping changes that would undermine our state's success in reducing hunger and moving people to employment.

The current rules, which have been in place for 20 years, are reasonable, transparent, manageable, and effective.

This misguided and harmful policy would severely restrict access to food assistance for those who need it most.

It is a cruel and mean-spirited policy that damages people and businesses alike.

Evidence shows that SNAP is one of the most important lifelines for families and communities facing economic hardship.

I strongly urge that it be withdrawn.

It removes state flexibility, rips away food assistance from 755,000 vulnerable Americans, worsens our homelessness crisis.

I have often said that the way we spend our money is a reflection of our values.

Thank you, Madame Chairwoman. I wish to enter 3 letters into the record.