Lynn C. Woolsey: “Imagine, we are a model for the country and we are--the things that California is not living up to these days. Shame…”

This week, the House is debating the Defense appropriations bill, which provides an excellent opportunity to point out something quite ironic about my colleagues in the majority because, Madam Speaker, for all of their talk about getting…

I just want to repeat what I said in my opening remarks. Nothing in the proposed rule would have applied to children working on their parents' family farm. The proposed rule maintains the parental exemption. But again, to remind everybody…

It's the time of year when families reunite and renew their very close connections--connections that are actually, in most instances, the most precious parts of our lives. This Thanksgiving I know all of us were grateful for the company of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The total amount of appropriations made…