I think it is really important that the work that you all are doing in terms of workforce development and apprenticeship programs are critically important.

There are very real barriers that obstruct individuals from entering or staying in the workforce.

My constituents in Alabama know that my top legislative priority is jobs and workforce development.

Today I rise to honor a mentor, a fellow Selma, Alabama, native, voting rights activist, and an American hero, Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglas Reese, who passed away on April 5, 2018, at the age of 88. Dr. Reese is best known for the pivotal…

A family of four in my district only makes $32,000 and the highest unemployment in the State of Alabama is in my district.

When I first became a Member of Congress, my top priority was job creation.

We have made a commitment to do a job fair annually and to move it around my district.

I want to thank you, Governor Scott, for your leadership on this topic as well as your testimony today.

I thank Congressman Evans for yielding. He has so ably represented and led the Second District of Pennsylvania. It has been an honor to call the gentleman my colleague. I want to say, Mr. Speaker, that today I join with my CBC colleagues…

The Republican majority is ramming this tax bill through, calling it a Christmas gift to the American people. I have never seen such intellectual dishonesty in my life. It is more like the Grinch who stole Christmas. In poll after poll and…

We are not ready for conference. The Senate bill was written by lobbyists in the dead of night when Republicans hoped no one was paying attention. There was no CBO score, no debate, no time to even read the bill, and now the majority…

These are the very same people that this President promised to benefit. This is what this bill does for corporate America: It dramatically cuts rates from the largest companies in the world, moving the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to…