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Mr. Garamendi, thank you for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to discuss the importance of an amendment that I offered to this bill, but withdrew it because of jurisdictional concerns. In exchange for dropping this amendment, the…
Far too many women face financial pressures simply due to outdated policies that hamper their opportunities for success. I recently hosted an event in Los Angeles with Congresswoman Roybal- Allard and Congresswoman Napolitano to discuss…
I still believe, ladies and gentlemen, that our ports are the most vulnerable entryway into this country.
So I wish our budget reflected the real security risk that I believe exists in our Nation's ports.
It is disturbing to me that we are putting these budget restrictions on the Coast Guard.
Instead of waiting 30 years using tax revenue to build these projects, we thought it was a smarter idea to have the Federal Government kind of frontload those projects.
This month we join together as a nation to celebrate Women's History Month. We pay tribute to the generation of women whose courage, perseverance, and leadership have helped build our great Nation--from everyday working mothers to women…
I think it is important that we include two groups of veterans who have had less access and less opportunities as small business owners--female veterans and minority veterans.
As another war comes to an end and we welcome our brave men and women back home, we must ensure that we afford them every resource at our disposal to ensure that they can live life the way they want to when they return from serving our…
The Federal minimum wage has failed to keep up with the cost of living, leaving far too many families on the brink of poverty. For millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet on the current minimum wage, times have gotten harder and…
I am hoping the technology exists to build a long-haul electric truck in our future, so we do have to think outside of the box.
Every February we have the opportunity to celebrate Black History Month by honoring the great achievements and contributions of African American leaders who have courageously pushed boundaries and moved our country forward in the name of…
This is the third month that my colleagues and I have asked that unemployment benefits be extended to help our communities. Those benefits expired on December 28, and more than 1.7 million Americans, including 263,000 in California alone…
The Federal minimum wage has remained the same for 4 years and has failed to keep up with the cost of living. According to the recently released Shriver Report, nearly two-thirds of minimum wage workers are women, and 42 million American…
It is just really amazing to me that our California delegation is not united together in trying to bring Federal resources to the beautiful State of California, instead of trying to fight it.
Thank you. I appreciate you taking this first hour tonight to focus on women and jobs. It is certainly an issue that we women are very aware of and have worked on a lot in our jobs, in our districts, in our homes, but it is nice when our…
Good for them. I think, as Jan Schakowsky talked about, Nancy Pelosi and Rosa DeLauro, we have had this incredible campaign called When Women Succeed, America Succeeds. The point is it is good to help women in this country because this…
I think we ought to be fighting together to bring Federal resources to California, not trying to oppose Federal resources.
Last month, many of us stood here and pleaded with Speaker Boehner to act to extend unemployment insurance for 1.3 million hurting Americans, including over 213,000 in California alone. Everyday Americans, people like Vincent, who have…
Many of us are congratulating each other over this bipartisan budget agreement, but I want to remind us that there is still some unfinished business that we need to take care of. Unemployment is still a very real issue for our Nation and…
I get frustrated in these hearings because I know the main purposes is just to have more bad stuff to talk about and to attack the Affordable Care Act.
We are more than willing to work with our friends on the other side to fix things that maybe nobody thought about or that do have unintended consequences.
The clock is ticking with just 8 legislative days left this year, but I believe there's still time to bring comprehensive immigration reform to this floor for a vote. There is an incredible group of people that are fasting on the National…
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