Celia Israel: “Again, I fully respect the gentleman's concern. Although he says this is a modest offset, that may be true, but we have…”

I thank my distinguished friend from Pennsylvania. Mr. Chairman, I rise in very strong support of the Lowey amendment. This amendment would strike a provision of the bill that waives part of the EPA's lead renovation, repair, and painting…

What a coincidence this is. I want to thank my friend from California for his leadership in the Future Forum, traveling the country, engaging young people and millennials on the critical issue of participating in government. I don't…

This amendment is simply an overreaction to a policy proposal in the administration's fiscal year 2017 budget request. The budget request proposed to redirect funds currently allocated to payments to States and shift them toward Federal…

House Republicans are giving us a fall calendar of chaos. We have 5 legislative days before they shut the government down. Madam Speaker, this is a bad rerun of bad policy. Two years ago, people said they would never shut it down, and they…