Madam Speaker, I rise today to highlight the NASA ``be an astronaut'' program. For the first time in 4 years, NASA is accepting applications for a new class of astronauts. Space exploration is a rich piece of modern American history, and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize March as National Red Cross Month. This tradition began in 1943 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the proclamation to designate the month of March to celebrate Red Cross volunteers, donors…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Ms. Bonnie McWhorter Duvall. Bonnie recently lost her battle with cancer at just 61 years of age. Bonnie was the matriarch of a strong farm family from Greensboro, Georgia. She was a member…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize March 13 as K-9 Veterans Day, an opportunity to commemorate the working dogs that support our men and women in uniform. This year marks the 78th anniversary of the establishment of the K-9 Corps…

The coronavirus is something that we have been told by our health professionals that is not at the end; it is at the beginning and surging.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the historic bipartisan legislative package introduced this week to address the United States' urgent maternal health crisis. I am referring to the Black Maternal Health Momnibus. Each year, 700…

I come here today in strong support of robust funding levels for Ukraine in the fiscal year 2021.

I want to commend you for the actions that you have done to design a force that is more suitable to deter China.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the concerning issue of puppy mills throughout the State of Pennsylvania and across America. If we all care for our canine companions, we cannot continue to support the horrifying practices…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the school-based initiative designed to increase student interest in the world of coding. The Hour of Code, which occurs every year during Computer Science Education Week, has the goal to…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the champions of the Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School's 10th annual Super Duper Bowl, the Miller Mean Machines. Since 2010, Roosevelt Elementary, in Falls Township, has come together for a flag…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and memory of Mrs. Susie Schlomann of Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, who suddenly passed away unexpectedly last week. Mr. Speaker, after Pennsylvania's Congressional District boundaries changed, I had…

I don't think that 7 days of paid sick leave is at all generous.

If we don't have a one-size-fits-all employers standard for paid sick leave in this country, how do we reassure the public in times like these?

Most small employers, 73 percent, offer PTO to the majority of their full-time employees.

I am deeply concerned that we are the only highly developed country without a paid sick leave policy.

What you are going to have is that people are going to stay away from that small deli because they are going to think, well, I don't know if their employees are going to work sick or not.

We have ended up funding dividends to shareholders and increased executive pay and we haven't seen that money going back into the workers' pockets.