Pramila Jayapal

I would think that just by nature of the fact that you are keeping people alive by feeding them is pretty good evidence.

So what we are really talking about in this budget, I think, is this is the age old guns versus butter argument.

Those are American priorities and they should be the priorities of this Congress and this committee.

We don't have to choose between updating tanks or textbooks, and we should not be pitting teachers against soldiers.

Tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans do not pay for themselves.

This budget starts by taking away healthcare, then food, then housing, then education, then job opportunities.

It leaves no question of what this administration values: greater gains for millionaires and corporations at the expense of American families.

The Trump budget is shockingly extreme; the antithesis of what the American people have said they want from their government.

It is my great honor to yield to the distinguished gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), who has also been a leader in the Progressive Caucus on so many issues, from the death penalty to immigration to healthcare.

Continuing resolutions, in my view, disrupt agency operations.

Excellent advice, thank you.

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for eloquently articulating so many of the issues that are in front of us right now, including, once again: What exactly is this administration doing for people across this country, both those who voted…

Not on Foreign Affairs, unfortunately, but we work on immigration issues together.

The role of local law enforcement is to enforce public safety, not to get involved in Federal immigration laws enforcement.

Federal sentencing rates are not a reliable indicator of criminal offenses.

Our Federal immigration system is a civil system. It is not a criminal system.

Ms. Norton is right: the uninsured rate in my home State of Washington got cut more than half. So we are down to not quite as low as you, but 5.6, I think now, compared to over 13 percent before the Affordable Care Act. I often get to…

I thank the good gentleman from Minnesota for his tremendous work and for his words. As the gentleman spoke, I think about all the names that we could call this bill that is before us. We can call it TrumpCare, we can call it the pay more…

I thank Representative Kennedy so much. As the gentleman was talking, I was thinking about the simple rule that we are all better off when we are all better off. I appreciate everything that you just said. Mr. Speaker, it is a great honor…

I thank Representative Grijalva. I am so proud to introduce my colleague from Massachusetts, Representative Joe Kennedy. Two weeks ago, during the Energy and Commerce markup on TrumpCare, the gentleman actually forced Republican lawmakers…

I thank the gentlewoman from California. Now it is my tremendous honor to introduce and yield to the co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), a dear friend and somebody that has been on the streets and…

I thank my good friend from Rhode Island for his incredible leadership on so many issues and for reminding us again that 24 million is just a number, but behind that number are all of the people and all of the stories that will be…

I thank Mrs. Watson Coleman for her excellent statement. Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to yield to the distinguished gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).

Tomorrow we will be voting on the American Health Care Act. We are doing this in spite of the fact that we just found out that there is an even more dire and harsh plan. We still have not received the Congressional Budget Office's…

Today I stand here for this Special Order on behalf of our Congressional Progressive Caucus, and we have decided that we would like to use this Special Order hour to address our reactions to the President's address to the Union last night…