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As the lead Democrat on the Federal Spending Oversight Subcommittee, I introduced bipartisan legislation to implement several recommendations made by the Government Accountability Office to eliminate duplicative Federal programs and…
I will also add that I am a cosponsor on the Taxpayer Right to Know and the End Government Shutdown bill.
Mr. Speaker, across the United States, Americans are finally seeing the administration of COVID-19 vaccines improve after a slow rollout. The development of two highly effective vaccines in under 1 year is an unprecedented scientific…
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague from Michigan for yielding and for his work on this critical bipartisan piece of legislation. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the National Apprenticeship Act and I urge swift passage of this…
Mr. President, I would like to call up amendment No. 834, as modified, and speak for 30 seconds and then turn the mic over to my colleague Senator Murkowski, who is the cosponsor of this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will…
Mr. President, this amendment supports organizations serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. As we know, because of COVID, those survivors and families have been hit particularly hard, and there has been…
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). Is there further debate? Hearing none, the question is on agreeing to the amendment. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will…
Madam President, again, I would just like to correct what my colleague is saying. We do not use foreign aid money to perform abortions overseas. In fact, a poll conducted by CHANGE, Center for Health and Gender Equity, demonstrates that 59…
Madam President, my colleague from Utah tells a nice story, but it is not accurate. He is not being honest about what is going on with the global gag rule, and I am really disappointed that he is once again trying to push this dangerous…
I am proud of the people of New Hampshire and the businesses of New Hampshire for being the first state in the country to outlaw the sub-minimum wage while I was Governor.
I am really grateful. I also want to thank you for mentioning to Senator Casey the interest that you and I have talked about around workers with disabilities.
Why the heck don't they get the same wages as everybody else?
As an English-language learner himself, Dr. Cardona knows that all students can succeed when given access to a high quality, public education.
Pell Grants now pay for maybe a quarter of the expenses in state colleges.
I really look forward to working with both of you in this new Congress.
If we really want to recover, we really need to invest now or we are going to pay later.