U.S. State Attorneys General

For the House Republicans to now come out and say they're going to do something contrary to what even their Senate Republican colleagues are discussing seems to be a reckless attempt to try to circumvent what the Senate is doing, which at…

I'm pretty confident that a deal could get done by the deadline if Republicans don't put up procedural barriers to get it voted on and done -- to the president.

Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land.

Our country continues to spend billions of dollars on this program instead of fixing the program. Traditional rural timber communities have been operating in an environment of uncertainty for decades, and many public lands in Western…

How can the federal government support more consistency throughout CTE programs without over-burdening states, school districts, and/or institutions?

By strengthening the career and technical education programs funded under the Perkins Act, we can help more of these young people gain an edge in the workforce.

As we work to rebuild our economy after the recent recession, strengthening career and technical education programs will help put more Americans on the path to a prosperous future.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 349 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

There is no such thing as a Republican or Democrat consumer fraud.

I believe there is a total of $432 million being directly refunded to more than 6 million consumers because of your work.

Any time you're talking about use of military force I don't believe any member can be whipped into doing one thing or the other.

My understanding is, and you may not be aware of this, but that close to a million jobs have been created in the healthcare industry since April 2010 when we passed the law.

So that little boy, who could not get coverage before the health security law today, has coverage the way every other child with that same kind of preexisting condition would be able to get coverage.

Do you consider that a loophole that should be closed?

So, if we pursue a remedy such as requiring that the G.I. Bill loans be included in the 90 percent, that would take away the incentive for some of these bad actors from targeting veterans?

Certainly, Hawaii is a State where there is a huge military presence as well as many veterans.

I want to commend all of you for your commitment in helping our servicemembers, veterans and their families

That is what makes a program like the EPA's Brownfield program so important.

The Brownfields Program definitely does have bipartisan support, not only the existing program but amendments to improve the program.

Each of us comes from a State with unique and beautiful natural resources.

However, as Americans we believe in second chances and renewal--those are critical themes in our economic history for both individuals and communities.

I am optimistic that we can get to a bipartisan solution on a comprehensive fix to our broken immigration system that includes a path to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented individuals within our borders.

To punish them from adjusting their status based on bureaucratic malfunctions or short-comings over which they had no control--even when they have met their personal responsibilities--is not consistent with our values of justice and fair…

Simply fixing one aspect of our immigration system ensures that we will fall short of making our country stronger economically and safer from external threats.