Pramila Jayapal

In this case, and unfortunately in so many others, Federal student aid dollars have benefited the rich and the powerful more than they have helped students.

I just want to say that this is such an important bill. I thank Mr. Cicilline and you, Mr. Chairman, for having this critical discussion on how we move forward as a country.

We are talking about fear versus love. We are talking about fear versus freedom.

My child is free to be who they are.

The Equality Act is a landmark civil rights bill to make clear that discrimination against LGBTQIA people has no place in our society.

Better information allows us to develop better policy solutions, and that is all this amendment does: collects more information to address an unacceptable inequality. By mandating that the studies conducted by the Department of Labor…

I rise as the designee for Congresswoman Waters to offer her amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 13, line 23, insert after ``women'' the following: ``(including…

The CDC's budget authority is $5.3 billion for 2020, compared to $6.6 billion for 2019

The CDC budget is being cut by 20 percent

Finally, I am deeply concerned about the Trump Administration's effort to replace Registered Apprenticeship programs with so called industry-recognized apprenticeship programs which do lack government oversight and protections for…

This is a topic of great interest to me. When I was in the state Senate we worked with labor unions, community colleges, and nonprofit organizations to put together a very successful pre-apprenticeship program with millions of dollars.

It is my great honor and privilege to introduce a constituent of mine who is here.

I hope that we actually see an increase in CDC funding, which would be even better.

But you are talking about converting Medicaid into a block grant or a per capita cap and then requiring states to implement so-called work requirements, all of which would strip Medicaid as we know it.

Perhaps I wish you were here last year when we were talking about the GOP tax cut, and we clearly said at the time that this was a three-step dance, that the Republicans were going to cut taxes for the rich; that would then explode the…

We have got to make that determination for ourselves.

I think the obstruction of justice charge is an extremely serious one and Mueller as you've been reporting did not exonerate the President.

I say that's just not sufficient.

I commend the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's decision to launch an investigation into the FAA certification process and oversight of the Boeing 737-MAX planes.

I am on record supporting this decision and have called for an urgent investigation into any safety issues around the 737-MAX.

I actually have championed a proposal to invest in a Federal-State partnership to make public college, both 4-year and 2-year tuition fee free for everybody.

This has been an issue that has been important to me for some years.

Both the Netherlands and Austria underwent four to three mergers in the mobile wireless space. Both saw price increases.

Moving from four companies to three will make the telecommunications market more competitive?

The President has not disclosed his business interests and when he has a business interest, and it appears that you might be trying to influence the President to get involved in something he really should not be involved in, that causes…