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

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.

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

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join my colleague, Mr. Green of Texas. We are a nation of immigrants. It is our responsibility to welcome refugees and to not close our doors to those seeking asylum. We are a good country at heart. We should…

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

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

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Tahoma High School, State champions. Congratulations to the students of Tahoma High School from Washington State's Maple Valley on their 10th consecutive statewide victory and 23rd victory in the…

Mr. Speaker, I would like to take a moment to recognize Petty Officer Second Class Margaret Nicol of the United States Coast Guard. A fellow resident of Sammamish, Washington, Maggie grew up in a large boating community in Florida. She…

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

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