the ACLU urges Congress to pass legislation such as the Geolocation Surveillance and Privacy Act introduced by Chairman Chaffetz

I serve on the Crimes Subcommittee within the Judiciary Committee, and I am the chairman of the Oversight Committee.

But if low-paying jobs are the ones that are most threatened, most potentially threatened by automation, doesn't raising the minimum wage just raise the cost of low-skilled work and incentivize employers to accelerate the process of…

The current Administration supports of course raising the minimum wage.

If our goal as a society is that an honest day's work should earn an honest day's wage, and machines are going to make it harder, and in some cases perhaps impossible for low-skilled, entry-level Americans to find an honest day's work…

Not only is Donald Trump wrong for the Republican Party, but that he is wrong for the country.

It worries me that the U.S. accounts for about three-fourths of NATO funding even though the European members have an even larger combined economy and population.

This budget omits tens of millions of dollars spent to defend against frivolous lawsuits groups file against the Department.

The time is here. We can't put it off any longer. We must move forward now to get this done for our workers, our businesses, and our country.

Politically speaking, it is almost impossible to default on public employee pension benefits.

enacting the bill sponsored by Senators Capito and Manchin is the least expensive way for Congress to address the UMWA pension crisis.

The First Amendment guarantees your right to express your views. But we have to allow a civil discussion to occur in the context of this hearing.

The most immediate effect on these miners will be at the end of this year for the 21,000-plus who will lose their health care completely.

We have a bill that started with Senator Manchin and Senator Capito, but also with the ranking member, Senator Wyden, and Senator Warner and Senator Brown and I.

financial security for workers and their families, and retirement policy in particular, have never been more important.

the only thing positive about this budget is it is going to be the last one we are going to see.

I know literally thousands of these people across this country who are depending on these pensions every month.

today we will be talking about an area of retirement policy that, for a number of reasons, has not delivered on the pension promises made to workers and retirees.