Thank you Chairman Harkin and Senator Cochran for the opportunity to support funding for public broadcasting.
I applaud President Obama for including level funding in his fiscal year 2011 budget for this program at $49.3 million.
We sincerely hope that Congress will continue to support the CDC during this critical period in measles control.
This sustained level of funding will help States to provide meaningful assistance to households in need as millions of l...
We thank Chairman Harkin and the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Service, and...
I urge you to provide stroke research with a significant funding increase.
Increased, predictable and timely Federal funding is vital for LIHEAP to assist the Nation's vulnerable, low-income hous...
We cannot abide by any educational system that says there are some kids that can be written off.
For its flaws, No Child Left Behind has done an excellent job of shining a light on the achievement gaps that still exis...
We still need to act to eliminate pay discrimination.
These women are being hurt, and so are their families.
It is unacceptable that, after all these years, a woman still makes only 77 cents for every dollar that a man makes.
It is not just about women's rights. It is about economic justice in our country.
I am proud that the first law that President Obama signed into law was one that Rosa championed, the Lilly Ledbetter leg...
There is no better advocate for pay equity than Rosa is on this issue.
That is why later today I will introduce a bill--the Keep Our Educators Working Act.
So a lot of times we think about Medicare fraud and abuse, waste, you know you think well, there's somebody out there, s...
The status quo is not acceptable, and it is not acceptable during economic downturns to say that we are just going to ta...
