Lynn C. Woolsey

When you ask Americans what Congress' focus should be, guess what they don't say? They don't say, Forget about jobs. What this country really needs is a divisive assault on women's privacy and primary care. This bill tells women, Madam…

I would like to insert into the Record a letter from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades and a letter from the National Farmers Union in opposition to the Korea FTA. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades…

I want to thank Mr. Russell for wearing his purple ribbon. This is domestic violence month, and I have reintroduced legislation that would bring domestic violence victims and their families under the FMLA-Family and Medical Leave Act.

Today with unemployment in the United States at over 9 percent and the middle class under siege, we're considering a Colombian trade bill that would cost, according to the Economic Policy Institute, 55,000 jobs. That makes absolutely no…

It's been 274 days since the Republicans took over the House. What do we have to show for it? Well, first up, they've introduced a budget that would end Medicare as we know it. Then the Republican-led House voted to take money away from…

This week marks an anniversary we must acknowledge, but that we certainly cannot celebrate. This Friday, we will have spent 10 years at war in Afghanistan. We will have spent a decade fighting a war that the American people no longer…

The Republican riders added to the House appropriations draft bill will actually make this worse by delaying OSHA's current efforts to protect workers.

OSHA has to issue a standard. How long does it take? And while it is taking as long as it does, how many lives do we lose?

We all deserve to be taught to do our jobs safely.

I urge the committee to reject efforts to block needed safeguards to protect workers.

It is the AFL-CIO's position that, first and foremost, any examination of safety and health regulations should be based on the premise that protection of workers from harm is our shared priority and goal.

Despite complaints about burdensome regulations, OSHA has issued only two modest regulations during the Obama administration.

That standard on cranes and derricks would have prevented 22 deaths, 175 injuries a year.

There was an article in The Washington Post earlier this week that we should all find very unsettling and disturbing. We know that in recent years the Pentagon has increasingly used unmanned drone aircraft to carry out violent acts of war…

Yesterday was a truly historic day in our country's struggle for equal rights for all people. Leaders of the United States Army sent a notice to soldiers serving around the globe that simply said the following: ``Today marks the end of…

I truly believe that the Little Rock Nine might very much disagree with you.

I thank the ranking member for yielding to me. When the President spoke in this Chamber last week, he urged us to focus on jobs. Believe me, this outsourcer's bill wasn't what he had in mind. He demanded that we move urgently to create new…

Yesterday the U.S. embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul were attacked. The Taliban, which we know has exerted its influence in many of the remote regions of the country, is now flexing its muscle in the supposedly secure capital. It's…

Today the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction holds its first organizational meeting; and it does this as it begins its work on reaching the spending cut benchmarks called for in the debt ceiling compromise. I have a suggestion for…

As sure as Wednesday follows Tuesday, you can count on congressional Republicans to propose gutting programs benefiting the arts and humanities. It's as predictable as it is irresponsible and unwise. It's the same old penny-wise…

I just wanted to say I'm the coolest grandmother in this country as far as my grandchildren are concerned, not because I'm a Member of the House of Representatives and have been for 19 years, but because I live within walking distance of…

Last week, General David Petraeus relinquished control of the Afghanistan command. He did this as he prepares to take over as CIA Director this fall. We are all grateful to General Petraeus for 37 years of honorable and distinguished…

What the American people want from their leaders in Washington can be summed up in a single word: jobs, J-O-B-S. The Republicans have now controlled the House for more than 200 days, and they haven't lifted a finger to address the single…

I move to strike the last word to oppose this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes.

I'm here catching my breath after the debate over the extreme Tea Party legislation that we considered yesterday. It's easily one of the worst bills I can remember in nearly 20 years of service here in this body. Every time I think they…