I am a big proponent of Federal consumer data privacy legislation.

It is important that we have trade provisions that reflect that, including nondiscriminatory treatment of digital products, privacy protections, restrictions on data localization, source code protections, and bans on internet shutdowns.

Thank you for your time today, and for just all of your attention to the needs of working families and struggling Americans.

These provisions would finance the production and preservation of over two million additional affordable homes, and support three million jobs over the next decade.

However, an important voice is missing from this conversation, and that is the voice of the millions of people and the families for whom the expanded unemployment insurance during the pandemic was a lifeline.

the number one infrastructure need in Washington's 1st Congressional District right now is funding for water infrastructure projects.

the unmet need is simply too great and additional assistance is needed.

allowing communities in these counties to access EI assistance will be critical to preventing future damage.

Good policy is good politics.

We need to keep it going.

People want to see governance work. They want to see us get things done.

We have to look at what an entire package, what the substance of an entire package would look like.

We support the permanent extension of the premium subsidies for the Affordable Care Act which has helped more and more people have affordable health care coverage in our country.

I want us to pass a reconciliation bill. I think New Dems across the board want to pass the reconciliation bill. These are important priorities.

We need to make sure we have this as a long term policy.

the most important part of the bill is what is the content of the bill?

We appreciate the interest in the promise of high speed rail from members of the Washington delegation, including Rep. Suzan DelBene, who is one of the original sponsors of the American High Speed Rail Act.

Another place where we absolutely could have done better.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ensured that the poorest Americans whose children arguably would benefit from the increase the most did not benefit.

I recently introduced legislation with Congresswoman DeLauro that would meaningfully expand the child tax credit, making it fully refundable, to benefit lower income families and ensure that they have the ability to provide their children…

I think that those families that are hurting the most to pay for childcare, to pay for their child's needs, need to be helped.

We cannot say, research has not said that we can attribute those gains to the tax cuts.

The Republicans failed to comprehensively address the child tax credit in their legislation and, instead, only amended one aspect of a complex policy, the nonrefundable side, leaving low-income Americans behind in the process.

I think that this Congress needs to consider how our actions are lifting up the middle class.

They had the gavel for eight years, and they spent all this money, created this huge debt.