Pramila Jayapal

Apprenticeships, especially joint labor management programs, are effective in helping workers move into skilled and middle-class jobs.

This is just such a wonderful hearing.

I commend the committee for continuing Congress' track record of regularly updating water legislation.

I am asking the committee to expand that expedited section 214 review process for projects that serve the public good.

I hope to work with the committee to improve the WRDA section 214 program, and further expedite reviews for mitigation bank applicants.

Congress should pass comprehensive HMT reform legislation that resolves the wide range of concerns that the Nation's ports have about the HMT.

If we only ensure full use without equitably investing in donor and energy ports, while protecting emerging ports and the Great Lakes, we do not fully address the unfair system.

Fully using the tax is a no-brainer.

I applaud this committee's efforts to ensure annual HMT revenues are fully spent through full utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act.

I am deeply concerned that we are abandoning support for refugees when the world is in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in history.

It seems like it is time to end self-insurance and simply require operators to rely on commercial black lung claims insurance.

It is too late by then.

It is exciting that States like Washington have actually put policies in place.

For years, I have heard from workers in my home State of Washington about why they need paid leave.

Research has found, as my colleague Mr. Deutch said, that 77 percent of Americans believe that there should be limits on the amount that both individuals and groups can spend on campaigns.

As members of Congress, we are here to serve the people, not to serve corporations.

As we in Congress grapple with critical issues such as climate change, immigration, and an inequitable health care system, we must recognize the power that those with financial stakes in these industries exert in our elections.

The Supreme Court's decision empowered the Federal Elections Commission to allow outside groups to accept unlimited political donations.

This established a dangerous precedent of corporate personhood that the We the People Amendment reverses.

The We The People Amendment would put power back to everyday people by ending corporate personhood.

Passing a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United should be our ultimate goal.

The FBI now has the power to use this face recognition technology, often without the consent of Americans.

This is an area that is actually bipartisan in terms of the concerns that some of us have.

Thank you, Director Wray, for being here, for your service, and for your work.

Face recognition technology brings unprecedented power to the FBI that, in my opinion, runs a severe risk of infringing on civil liberties.