If a business can afford to offer paid leave, it is a great benefit.

I can't understand how anyone could continue to argue that paid sick is unnecessary or a luxury that this country can't afford.

I think that is our job in Congress and would agree with my colleague, Ms. Omar, who just talked about our responsibility to workers.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Nevada and the gentleman from Kansas for their support of this very important piece of legislation. I rise in support of S. 760, the Support for Veterans in Effective Apprenticeships Act of 2019. I…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Kris Vancas, principal at Benner Elementary School in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Kris was recently named Pennsylvania 2019 National Distinguished Principal by the National Association of Elementary…

This is a moment where presidents matter. This is a moment when you -- as David said, in the last few days I think things have really change, attitudes and moods have changed in this country.

I hope that we will all learn the lessons from that history and not retreat to ideological camps.

Mr. Speaker, the FREED Vets Act mandates that the Department of Education automatically discharge Federal student loan debt for eligible permanently disabled veterans. The staggering student loan debt crisis harms the financial security of…

Thank you to President Obama and pragmatic Republicans like Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke.

While at the same time not going down the sort of gimmicky road that sounds great in a populist way but does not actually achieve anything.

Probably the most asinine thing we do are these government shutdowns.

Low-income people, poor people do not have medical providers.

The Nation's testing for the virus must improve.

this is the kind of information that really needs to be presented to the public, not out of panic, but in terms of educating them.

I believe that this Nation was not prepared equating to its greatness and the responsibility it has not only to 300 million plus, but the world watches us.

Thank you for accommodating this urgent request to convene a meeting with the Acting Secretary and head of FEMA to discuss our nation's preparedness for a pandemic and to determine what level of Federal funding will be needed to carry out…

You need to implement some form of testing for CBP in terms of asking the question of whether or not the person has come from Italy, period.

I want them to be connected to the task force to get those clinical tests or to get them connected for resources.