
As my great friend and our former colleague, Elijah Cummings, would say, this country is better than that.
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As my great friend and our former colleague, Elijah Cummings, would say, this country is better than that.

You all can hang on to your filibuster for other things, but not for voting rights.

You want to take your, some--apparently there is a lot of people that want to get married in [inaudible].

The Pro Act will put the burden of proof on employers to prove that they didn't interfere in a union election rather than the party claiming that they did.

The Pro Act will force employers to provide unions with work shift information and employees' personal contact information during organizing elections.

This Pro Act is not going to do anything for us, especially for the people that run this country.

Here we go again. The majority Democratic party wants to kill our children through abortion. I rise today to discuss the importance of H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act. For over two decades, lawmakers have passed the Hyde…

In my State of Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Mississippi, right to work states have the highest percentage of African-Americans in the Nation.

Violating the rights of workers across America to prop up an outdated system that benefits Washington elites is not the answer.

I'm hesitant for Congress to rush to put a permanent pandemic solution in place when the story is still only half written.

The fact that we are having a conversation where the insurance industry is willing to lean in at all is a fascinating conversation to be a part of.

One of the things that Senator Moran was leaning into that I think is very important is the ability to collect premiums before an event.

I do think that the Flood Insurance Program is the reason why I raised the question in premiums collected versus benefits paid out or claims paid out.

In early spring of last year, our country was in the midst of an unprecedented economic boom as the progrowth policies put in place over the previous 4 years fueled robust job creation and helped hard-working Americans hold on to more of…

The U.S. unemployment rate hit the lowest level in half a century (3.5 percent), average hourly earnings were on the rise, and the overall poverty rate reached a historic low (10.5 percent).

In my home State of South Carolina, our thriving tourism and hospitality industries were especially hit hard.

Fortunately, Congress acted quickly to pass the CARES Act, putting much-needed cash directly into the hands of American workers.