My Select Committee on the Climate Crisis held a hearing entitled “Solving the Climate Crisis: Building a Vibrant and Just Clean Energy Economy.” As we rebound from our current economic crisis, let’s commit to powering America’s recovery through investments in clean energy, energy efficiency, and conservation – and put money back into families’ pockets at a time when they really could use it.

My Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health held a hearing entitled "Improving Access to Care: Legislation to Reauthorize Key Public Health Programs.” I am proud to support the legislation, including a bill to reauthorize an outreach and education campaign through the CDC that highlights breast cancer risks for young people.

H.R. 7027 - Child Care Is Essential Act: The Congress has provided $3.5B infusion in the CARES Act and $7B in the House-passed Heroes Act to support our nation’s child care providers, but must do more to meet the demands of this historic moment. This legislation invests $50B to support our nation’s working families and this vital industry.

H.R. 7327 - Child Care for Economic Recovery Act: This bill expands the availability of quality child care, helps workers return to their jobs when it is safe, and enables America’s economy to recover from the COVID-19 recession.

H.R. 4686 – Sami’s Law: This bill establishes needed protections for ride-share customers across the country, including mandatory enhanced vehicle identification procedures to create a safer environment for ride-share drivers and customers. It also will make it harder for those with ill intent from impersonating drivers.

H.R. 7575 - Water Resources Development Act of 2020: This bill includes many priorities that I championed for our Tampa community, including my language to ensure Port Tampa Bay continues to offer high-paying jobs and can remain an economic engine in our community, resiliency planning assistance, flood protection for our most vulnerable communities, levee and dam safety programs, and more.

H.R.1636 - Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys Act: I was glad to join my Florida colleague Rep. Frederica Wilson in support of this bill which will boost the vital work of Tampa’s Men of Vision, Inc. to lift up young men of color, fight systemic racism, and break down longstanding barriers to equitable outcomes for African American men and boys.

H.R. 2420 - National Museum of the American Latino: The stories and contributions of our Hispanic and Latino neighbors helped create and grow our Tampa community into what it is today. From entrepreneurs like Vicente Martínez Ybor to education champions like Delia Sanchez and civic leaders such as E.J. Salcines, the Latino story is Tampa’s and America’s story - it should be told. I support a Latino Museum on our National Mall and know it will include Tampenos.

H.R. 7617 - Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021: This FY2021 minibus includes funding for many of Tampa’s priorities including: a 3 percent pay raise for the military and $9.5B for SOCOM operations, $47B for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), over $9M for Port Tampa Bay, $100M to support our health care Navigators especially at USF, funding towards a clean energy future, concrete steps to reform policing and provide resources for racial justice that build on the House-passed Justice in Policing Act and much more.