I don't know if steelworkers would necessarily agree with that, with the amount of pay that they've received.

It is my concern and fear of many of us that many of my colleagues, my Republican colleagues will be using CBO's report in this hearing to justify eliminating pensions for Federal employees.

It seems to be a very anti-American notion that you are counting as a benefit of a job the fact that someone has the job and is assured of a job.

CBO recently found that on average Federal employees receive more generous benefits than private sector workers.

If NRCS' Puerto Rico budget is further cut, the Virgin Islands stands to be set back even further from where we are in our rural economy and our rural growth.

We are having a growing and burgeoning agriculture sector, and we want our farmers to have the technical support and the assistance that are needed.

I would love to be able to call on you and those within your office to assist us in that.

the systems were, and I quote, 'being misused by commercial third parties to take over borrower accounts.'

And I believe the entire committee is very keen on holding a follow-up hearing within the next--with the student loan companies that are actually engaged in these activities.

The special agent in charge also told us that student loan companies were, I quote, "aggressively pursuing account holders and taking advantage of this."

everyone on both sides of the aisle are very concerned about this issue. Most of us have children and have our own student loans or have loans that we are helping with the children that we care very much about our future, as well as our…

Before 2006, this species, prized by recreational and commercial fishermen alike, faced overfishing, a steep decline in population, and the possibility of extinction.

It is with great honor that I rise today to coanchor this CBC Special Order hour with my esteemed colleague from Texas (Mr. Veasey). For the next 60 minutes, we have a chance to speak directly to the American people on issues of great…

Federal law has helped save the red snapper.

I think the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey) is correct about staying focused and, in the lexicon of the young people, to stay woke about what is happening. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Veasey) gave some great examples about some of the…

I thank Mr. McEachin for his passion and for his commitment to these issues of environmental justice. Particularly in the Virgin Islands, we know that climate change is real. We feel it, and we see it in how we operate and how our…

I thank the gentleman, Congressman Evans, for keeping us focused and giving us the information we need to understand what real communities are going through and the environmental justice that we need to be fighting for in this…

So we know from our investigation that we've had several issues. We heard from Congresswoman Demings about the woman that was an unfortunate victim.