Judy Chu

Pervasive unemployment continues to drag down our economic recovery.

I urge this committee to examine available resources to help people like Ashley refinance their mortgages at record low rates.

Have you been to the gas station recently and been shocked? Gas is above $4 a gallon, in many parts of the country, and climbing. That's 29 cents more than only a month ago. Families everywhere are feeling the pinch. But why? It doesn't…

I am supportive of the improvements that this bill is making to procurement center representatives and acquisition planning.

I do support the amendment.

Until we have a good idea of how agencies are conducting their contract activities and an accurate report on who is getting the contracts, we cannot make the right changes to ensure that small businesses participate in federal contracting.

This amendment simply says that the reports by the administrator will also include the reason that the certification of the small business is considered socially and economically disadvantaged.

It is surprising, but not all contracting officers and PCRs understand the requirements of the unique characteristics each business owner faces.

I do support Representative Clarke's amendment to strike the language in the bill regarding insourcing.

Today I'm thinking about the 99 percent of American women who have used birth control. Today, I'm thinking about the 98 percent of Catholic women who have used birth control. Birth control is a necessity for many women, and it is unfair…

Well, I was once a rape crisis counselor and I went to emergency rooms to advocate for rape victims.

And I would also like to ask about sexual assault.

H.R. 2902 by Representative Judy Chu (D-CA), which strengthens high-quality pathways into teaching...

This survey is the first of its kind and it found, amongst other things, that if you include all forms of sexual violence, that one in two women have experienced sexual violence, and also that one in five men have experienced a form of…

On rollcall No. 44, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Stated for:

The unemployment rate in the construction industry is more than 17 percent, double that of the total population.

Should Congress permanently extend the bond limit?

In recent months, the nation has finally seen some enduring glimmers of economic hope.

we really need to improve this situation.

By bundling large contracts such as these, the government effectively shuts out smaller companies from competing for work.

it is a terrible practice and has a negative effect on women-owned small businesses.

Now I would like to ask about the bond limit, the maximum bond limit.

I hear over and over from small businesses that the one thing they need in these tough times is customers. And who is the biggest customer? The Federal Government. Each year, the government spends $500 billion on Federal contracts, but…

I read with horror about Wyatt Whitebread, the 14-year-old boy in Illinois that suffocated in a grain silo...

Between 1988 and 1990, the Armenian population was the target of racially motivated pogroms in Azerbaijan. Hundreds of Armenians were murdered and more wounded during three violent attacks in Sumgait, Kirovabad, and Baku. Though the ethnic…