Would you assume just that that was a great contributor to the wealth of the nation?

I am not suggesting boots on the ground. I am not suggesting engaging in war, but I do think it is important for--at the highest level of the State Department, the Secretary of State, to realize the--'detraction' is too light a word--that…

When making monetary policy, does the Fed consider price inflation in these critical goods and services that disproportionately weigh on working families' pocketbooks?

How devastating is that, and how can we add research to the Federal Reserve that deals with this seemingly,--continuing systematic divide in terms of income and wealth ultimately in the African American population?

the level of conflict is going to continuously undermine, I think, the potential for growth.

The headline says that the federal judge strikes down the Houston area bail system.

I think in the innovative thinking of what we should be doing on the federal level it is to detangle and disengage from a bail system for this nation.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. In a 1987 speech in West Berlin, President Ronald Reagan famously declared: ``Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.'' For nearly 30 years, East and…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize National Apprenticeship Week. This year is the fifth anniversary for the celebration that aims to connect job seekers with businesses and educators in our communities to highlight the wealth of…

Mr. Speaker, the Rosie the Riveter Congressional Gold Medal Act honors the 20th century icon that unified women and inspired them to join the workforce and help with the war effort. Throughout our Nation's history, countless Americans have…

Thank you, Chairwoman Finkenauer, and thank you for holding this hearing and for holding the hearing last month in Gettysburg in my district.

The report that they released about a week or two ago citing declines in job numbers in a number of states, including in my own Pennsylvania, obviously that report is quite concerning.

I have to say I am very skeptical of that view.

It is said that history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

Many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle were disturbed with the closure of the Riverside call center.

The number one issue in south central Pennsylvania that I ran on was health care.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor our Nation's veterans, the men and women who have made the decision to commit their lives to service and to defend our great Nation, among America's most courageous. This past July, I had…

That is why I am so proud to have introduced the Improving Legal Services for Female Veterans Act, which is included in the Deborah Sampson Act. The very least that our men and women in uniform should be able to expect once they come home…