I saw this firsthand in Massachusetts after private equity drove Steward Healthcare into bankruptcy.

Patients cannot find this information. Workers cannot find this information.

My Corporate Crimes Against Healthcare Act would shine a light on private equity's most parasitic practices.

it is nearly impossible to find out if the doctor's office you visit is owned by one of these corporate vultures.

Mr. Speaker, I have a motion at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Clark of Massachusetts moves to refer the resolution to the Committee on Rules. The SPEAKER pro tempore…

Mr. Speaker, we have already taken up way too much of the House's time, of the American people's time. Let's get back to doing the work that they sent us here to do. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and move the previous…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 207, nays 211, not voting 15, as follows…

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 207, nays 209, not voting 17, as follows…

Mr. Speaker, on behalf of a grateful House of Representatives, I rise to offer thanks to one of the most skilled staffers that I--and I know many of us agree--have ever worked with. After nearly three decades of service to the people's…

Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. McGovern), my fellow Bay Stater and ranking member of the Rules Committee. {time} 1715 Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I join with my colleagues in honoring Keith Stern and…

I do feel that it is unfortunate that we did not hear from any members of communities, often low-income communities of color, who endure the cumulative impacts of the products and the practices under scrutiny today.

I find it a bit funny that we always hear about crop protection so much in our ag meetings, when we ought to be talking about protecting human health.

I have grave concerns about what it would mean for the farm bill to undo state and local level pesticide regulations.

I am more than a little puzzled as to how a 20 percent cut to their funding would allow for that.

Environmental justice and health equity go hand-in-hand.

It is an appalling failure of governance by the Speaker.

We are talking about doing everything we can to ensure every single person has access to clean air, clean water.

the disproportionate impact on children and on people is unacceptable.