I support the reauthorization of the National Estuary Program, NEP, through the adoption of H.R. 4715, the Clean Estuaries Act of 2010. Estuaries are bodies of water that receive both outflows from rivers and tidal inflows from the ocean…

I stand today in strong support of the health care reform the American people so desperately need. American families and small businesses--not insurance companies-- deserve control over their health care decisions. The bill we are debating…

Health care reform is needed now. Not tomorrow, not yesterday, but now. After decades of working hard, the Hernandezes from my district now struggle to pay for prescription drugs with disability payments and unemployment checks. This is…

We must pass health care reform now. A step-by-step approach is not the answer. If we do nothing, Americans will continue to pay higher premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs now and in the future. There are too many Americans that are…

Anthem Blue Cross in my home State of California is trying to raise premiums by 39 percent. This is only the beginning if we do nothing. We must give the American people, not the insurance companies, more control. If we do nothing, the…

Anthem Blue Cross in my district of California has requested raising premiums by 39 percent. If we do nothing, the American people will continue to pay higher premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs now and in the future. And the insurance…

Tomorrow, the new monthly labor statistics will be announced. And even though the national unemployment may decrease, job creation still needs to be our number one priority moving forward. Thankfully, later today, we will have a chance to…

Today I rise in strong support of House Resolution 1086, a resolution that recognizes the importance and significance of the 2010 census and encourages each community within Indian Country to name an elder to be the first member of that…

First of all, I would like to thank the gentleman from San Diego (Mr. Bilbray) for his support of this. I know that he has always been supportive of Native Americans, not only now but in the past as well; so I appreciate that. I also…

The clock is ticking. Too many American families still don't have access to health care. We are at the goal line and we need to take the ball across the line on behalf of the American people. A step-by-step approach is not the answer…

1 year ago last week, the President signed the Recovery Act, a comprehensive bill that reinvested in the American workforce, an event that my colleagues on the other side have rallied against since President Obama took office. The facts…

American families in my district are struggling to make ends meet and pay for health care services. Unemployment is 16 percent. Foreclosure is the fourth in the Nation. The proposal released by President Obama this week is a step towards a…