Katie Porter

The president has laid out key priorities. He talked about two free years of community college. He talked about tax fairness. He talked about addressing paid family leave, child care.

These are priorities that House Democrats ran on, that President Biden ran on. And those priorities were to protect voting rights, to repair our infrastructure and to strengthen our economies so it can compete globally.

Is OMB's current guidance a good practice from a cybersecurity standpoint?

I think it is really important that the American public understand that the lack of transparency makes it impossible to fully protect taxpayer money and ensure that agencies are tracking all potential security vulnerabilities.

When I was a law professor at U.C. Irvine, I wrote a 600-page textbook on consumer protection. And luckily for everyone, you do not need to read the book to understand one fundamental truth: Nobody likes to get cheated; not Republicans…

I think we need to hear from every single elected official, regardless of party, that this is not democracy.

The most important thing I wanted to tell people is that we have to focus on an economic recovery that creates work and, also, helps workers.

2020 was California's worst fire season on record, and 2021 has the potential to be even worse. Wildfires damage property, pollute our air, and threaten lives, and we need to take action. I have been calling for fair pay for Federal…

I am here today to champion tax fairness for every American across the country, across parties, and across the aisle. We are here tonight to talk about what does it mean to have a fair tax system. Since coming to Congress, I have…

The Inspector General Independence and Empowerment Act protects our Nation's government watchdogs. Inspectors general are independent officials responsible for preventing and detecting waste, fraud, and abuse. They safeguard the interests…

That is right. Because cities and counties depend on the resources from State and local taxes to be able to pay for schools, to do a good job educating every single child, to make investments in roads and bridges, to pay first responders…

The basic principle of an income tax is that you are taxed on the money that you have available to purchase things, to purchase goods and services, to invest, to save. You are taxed on that. That is what a progressive system of taxation…

We are wholly committed to passing this infrastructure bill, that we are glad that Republicans are stepping up and committing to delivering for the American people on infrastructure, and that we understand that part of Building Back Better…

That is right. So the State and local tax deduction is really about saying that two families in two different States, trying to support themselves on the identical amount of income, ought to owe the same amount of Federal tax. That is what…

July marks the 75th anniversary of the first U.S. nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, a tragedy that continues today. Orange County is proud to be home to one of the oldest Marshallese- American communities. But why the Marshallese came…

I express my gratitude to Chairwoman Waters for allowing me to speak in support of invalidating the predatory true lender rule. In our home State, the legislature passed an interest rate cap of 36 percent on loans of up to $10,000 about 2…

Twenty-two point five billion dollars is an awful lot of groceries, an awful lot of diapers, an awful lot of utility bills that people are going without.

Paid leave makes our economy stronger, and I don't think there is any American who shouldn't want our country to have a strong globally competitive economy.

This is not an--It is not a frill. It is a necessity for getting our economy back on track and creating households that are stable and secure, going forward.

The American people have a right to know how their country's top officials and industry leaders are making policies and decisions that will affect all of our lives.

That was a new low, and an attack, really, on Congress' obligation to perform oversight.

I would just like a commitment that you will continue to look into how you can support Every Kid Outdoors.

But one area where I hope we can all agree is the importance of protecting taxpayer money.

the FDA banned non-disposable flavored e-cigarettes except menthol in order to, quote, 'limit children's access to certain flavored e-cigarette products we know are so appealing to them.'

Can you commit to being more responsive to Congress than your predecessors under the Trump administration?