Taxes are often suggested as an antidote to debt, but are not debt and taxes the same thing?

If most people were doing well in this economy, the Democrats would not have lost 67 U.S. House seats.

the deficit is just a future tax. We borrow it now and we pay it back through future taxes.

This is a program that supports local solutions supported by evidence-based best practices and technical assistance and is a model that we should all be able to support.

In today's digital age, access to broadband internet is not a luxury. It is a great equalizer that gives millions of Americans the opportunity to pursue their education, find a job and achieve their dreams.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, or NTIA, has been instrumental in closing this digital divide and I am pleased to be here today to discuss how we can build upon their successes to better serve our…

In 2009, the NTIA was tasked with administering $4 billion in grants to increase broadband access and adoption in underserved and unserved areas of the country.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call attention to a 12-year- old girl Emon Ali, who is stuck in Djibouti. Emon and her father, Ahmed Ali, who is an American citizen, are in Djibouti because of President Trump's flawed executive order to ban…

The New York Times reported last week that the Trump administration was preparing an executive order to condition U.S. funding to multilateral organizations and for treaty implementation if it didn't meet certain criteria.

The role of the U.S. at the U.N. is a critical leadership role, just as the role of the U.S. on the global stage, it is one based on a strong legacy of leadership.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose H.J. Res. 38. The science is clear: mountaintop removal mining is harmful to the health of people who live near these mines. Anyone with a computer can go to Google Earth and see the tremendous scars on…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban in light of individuals like Jordanian Musa Sharkawi, a cardiology fellow in Connecticut whose wife is a Syrian doctor and whose…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban in light of mothers like Ran Chauhan, who arrived in the U.S. 5 years ago and is going through the naturalization process, but is…

Mr. Speaker, whatever you call the President's recent executive orders, the reality is that they constitute a Muslim ban. Yesterday, one of my constituents was crossing the border into San Diego when he was singled out for having brown…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to thank my friend and former colleague, Xavier Becerra, for his long and effective record of service on behalf of California in Congress. Attorney General Xavier Becerra has been a true mentor and a friend to…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on women like Sara, an Afghani television presenter who fled amidst death threats, had waited for years to be resettled in the…

I would submit that American workers should not compete with 40 cent an hour Vietnamese labor that cannot organize and has no freedom.

The clear message is the American people are on the side of trade skeptics who don't think that the trade deals we have entered into in the past have been good.