John Garamendi: “Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for your leadership in promoting the maritime industry. It is exceedingly important.”

With House passage of this important legislation, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program will, for the first time since 1994, be modernized and brought into the 21st century.

Minimum-wage workers in California must work an average of 88 hours per week just to afford a modest one-bedroom rental at fair market rates. That is unacceptable.

There is now overwhelming evidence that Secretary McMahon has violated the law by dismantling and transferring congressionally mandated programs including ones that protect students from discrimination.

This bill, like nearly all of the Trump and Republican agenda, does nothing to make Americans’ financial situation better.