I hate bullies. This bill is about bullying children. Children struggle with identity, gender, and otherwise. As a parent of two and a former teacher, I need all adults, including politicians and lawmakers, to help my wife and I protect…

We are all watching the ferocious Palisades, Eaton, Altadena, and Hurst fires expand along California's beautiful Coast. I can recall my many trips there. Surely we all love the Tournament of Roses Parade and the magic of Hollywood. Our…

As the Biden administration entered its final days in office, I was honored to participate in a joyous White House ceremony where the President signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. After a gnawing 40-year struggle, Congress…

Today our Nation paid tribute to the life and works of President Jimmy ``James'' Earl Carter here in the Nation's Capital. The ceremony was beautiful, appropriate, uplifting, and hopeful. I had the privilege of serving him during his term…

There have to be consequences.

I rise today to issue a long-overdue correction to the Congressional Record on behalf of Ohioan Cornell Anderson. In 1984, Mr. Anderson was selected as a Black Achiever by the YMCA of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. While former Ohio…

today I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring our outreach team, the staff who are out and about every day in Ohio communities, listening to and working with the people we serve. They make sure our work reaches every corner of Ohio…

I rise today to honor my communications team. All that we do in government--passing legislation, pushing for investment in Ohio, holding government and corporations accountable-- doesn't mean much if the people we serve don't know about it…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this bill is real simple. This bill helps the people who grow our food. This bill helps people who were devastated by hurricanes this past fall. This bill funds the government at levels the…

today I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring a driving force on my staff, our legislative team. Without their expertise and dedication and talent, we would not have been able to do the vital work we have done to fight for the dignity…

I rise today to honor my longtime chief of staff, my campaign manager in 2012, and a proud daughter of the Midwest, Sarah Benzing. Sarah grew up in Neola, IA, a town of about 800 people. There were just 36 people in her rural high school…

today I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring our administrative team. Their hard work and dedication make our day-to-day operations possible. They are the glue that holds our office together, from making sure staff have the technology…

today I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the Banking and Housing Committee staff. Their hard work and dedication took a committee that once fought only for Wall Street and transformed it into a body focused on the issues that…

I rise today to recognize the people in my office who are on the frontlines of our work serving the public: my casework team. Our casework team is the best in the country. They have spent every day working to solve Ohioans' problems and…

And I will be brief. Social Security, we know, is a bedrock of our middle class. It is retirement security that Americans pay into and earn over a lifetime. You pay in for 40 quarters. You pay in for, essentially, 10 years. You have earned…

Imagine winning a war for a country that didn't yet exist and had no government. That was our beginning. What our Founders did have was freedom-loving people who believed that our rights come from God. There were 13 independent Colonies…

Thank you, Senator Cassidy. I thank Senator Cassidy and his incredible staff for the work that they have done with the Cleveland Connection. And I just appreciate so much, as I leave the Senate, the work that Senator Cassidy and I have…

We learned late this afternoon that the Republican leadership of this House has derailed the important appropriation bills to fund the Government of the United States for the fiscal year that actually began October 1. It has been delayed…