The transportation sector is now the largest contributor to global warming.
Federal infrastructure and climate policy must advance equity and social justice.
To improve the federal government's role in these local projects, I joined Reps. Cicilline, Young and Davis to introduce...
The science demonstrating anthropogenic climate change is settled.
And I am happy to report, largely because of the work of my colleague, Garret Graves, that they are now going to do that...
We further encourage you to ensure that climate change and its effects, like sea level rise and severe storm events, are...
By addressing the problematic loopholes in current law, by empowering workers to better detect and combat wage discrimin...
We heard how gender wage discrimination has far reaching and long term effects for our economy, our children and our fam...
Closing the wage gap is an economic imperative. It's good for working families and it will help lift families out of pov...
Most importantly, we heard how Congress can provide workers with the tools they need to close the gender pay gap and ach...
With this legislation we have the opportunity to disrupt a national cycle of discriminatory pay that keeps too many wome...
Unfortunately, loopholes and insufficient enforcement have allowed wage discrimination to persist.
Today's hearing on persistent gender based wage discrimination addresses the very injustice that is facing millions of w...
Today, women earn, on average, 80 cents on the dollar compared to white men in substantially equal jobs.
Climate change will increase the risk of unhealthy air quality.
We cannot and should not dismiss its findings.
The consequences of inaction on climate change will be serious and swift.
Unfortunately, today's hearing, and these bills are not adequately addressing these goals. Why would our Democratic coll...
