I am pleased to say that EPA appears to be moving to address risks from many dangerous chemicals.

We need to give them the resources to do it.

Today I pay tribute to my late friend, Rich Trumka. Rich was a labor giant who dedicated his life to fighting for workers and giving them a voice. His death was a huge and sudden loss for all of us, especially the working people of this…

I introduced the Homeland Security For Children Act, which passed the House unanimously in July.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

I think there is now broad and bipartisan consensus that we have reached a crisis point, and there is a bipartisan desire to address the core structural and resource issues that have too long plagued the Department.

There is nothing I take more seriously than the health and security of U.S. Government personnel and their family members.

section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which the sale may…

As I documented in a committee report last year, 'Diplomacy in Crisis,' the last Administration's repeated assault on State Department personnel, management, and resources were, in my view, unconscionable and dangerous for long-term U.S…

In fairness, however, the institutional, budgetary, and morale problems of the department are the result of many years, multiple administrations, and, yes, congressional action and inaction as well.

We are talking about going the next step and making sure it is tax free and all of that. But if the restitution never materializes in the first place, you know, you are so disadvantaged and further hurt.

We need a TIP Ambassador at large.

You had mentioned in your testimony and talked about the impunity that you had faced during your 7 years of captivity that nobody seemed to recognize you were hiding in plain sight.

the government is the trafficker.

I wrote the 2003 act, the reauthorization.

What they are doing to Uighurs Muslims is genocide.

it should not be contingent on the victim being put at further risk of them coming back to say you are the one.

The TVPA's decisive condemnation of modern slavery reflects our society's recognition that human trafficking is fundamentally incompatible with the values of any nation that aspires toward the ideals of freedom, human rights, and the rule…