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Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, proponents of H.R. 7 claim that despite current prohibitions against pay discrimination, female workers are still paid, on average, considerably less than male workers…
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7, the Democrats' conveniently titled, but painfully misguided, Paycheck Fairness Act, which should be called the paychecks for trial…
Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 217, nays 210, not…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume, and I rise in opposition to the en bloc amendments. Madam Speaker, in America, discriminating in pay based on sex is illegal, as codified in the Equal Pay Act and the Civil Rights…
Madam Speaker, 73 years ago, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, a courageous group of Jewish leaders declared the creation of the State of Israel. Eleven minutes later, President Truman announced the U.S. recognition of the new State…
Madam Speaker, I attended a Press Conference on pay equity. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 105.
Mr. Speaker, this bill is not just about the past, it is about the future. Gender-based wage discrimination exists in every State and in many industries. In the tech industry, which has a huge presence in my district in North Carolina's…
It is clear that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle want to relive old debates here in the committee.
The private sector is innovating in new ways to meet the needs of all of our consumers, and we should be encouraging our regulators to seek regulatory requirements that fit these advancements, not hinder them.
Mr. Speaker, last week, some of my Doctors Caucus colleagues and I took a trip to the southern border to observe the ongoing humanitarian crisis. What we saw was nothing short of tragic. The bottom line is that the situation stems from…
Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to honor Dorothy Williams Moore on the occasion of her 100th birthday. Dorothy was born in Hamptonville, North Carolina. She graduated from Catawba College, class of 1942, majoring in home economics. On March 20…
Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of my legislation, the 504 Credit Risk Management Improvement Act of 2021. As you may remember, this exact bill passed unanimously last December, and I hope the…
Your work within the President Obama's White House and in the Department of Education raises some concerns for me because it shows that you believe solutions should come from unelected administrative appointees rather than the hard work of…
We want to eliminate tuition at public institutions. Who is going to pay for that?
Mr. President, I rise today to pay tribute to the life of a gentleman named Alvin Sykes, who passed away on March 19, 2021, in Kansas City, MO. Teddy Roosevelt once famously said, in life, ``The credit belongs to the man who is actually in…
I look forward to this hearing and to hearing more about your vision for Federal student aid and the appropriate role for the Federal Government moving forward in higher education and the workforce.
Somehow the crystal ball is good enough for us to say that if you are Black or brown, then there is no way for you to make a loan repayment--if you are a minority.
