Passing the Healthy Families Act or emergency legislation that reflects its core principles would finally give American ...
Every year the seasonal flu and other illnesses strike millions of us, and every year the failure to let workers earn pa...
Our failure to provide a minimum standard of paid sick days also is putting our public health at risk.
It was groundbreaking and visionary public policy to meet the needs that people were facing in their lives.
I urge you to expeditiously facilitate his confirmation as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.
We ought to be doing something here to minimize this practice which goes on which disadvantages very talented workers.
I think, too often, we talk to each other in this town and we don't talk to the people outside.
I want to thank Senator Shelby and Jack Reed and others here.
I often thought that had it not been for that tragic accident, Jerry Litton might have ended up President of the United ...
This obviously is a delicate balance as we move forward in these areas.
But these employment protections have not been universally applied to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender Americans.
I'm proud to report that my home State of Connecticut has had laws on the books prohibiting employment discrimination ba...
In 29 other States, it is legal to fire someone because of their sexual orientation.
I believe either the Department of the Interior or the Congress has to clarify what is meant by that term, 'Federal juri...
The current process is lawless.
I am here to oppose these measures because of my respect for the principles of sovereignty and the practical impact of l...
It would be neither responsible nor constructive for this Committee or the Congress to attempt to push through legislati...
But it is unreasonable to expect Congress to simply ignore such concerns and fast-track this legislation without conside...
