Susan Davis

Ultimately, we reached a contract that protected the nurses. It protected the patients. It protected the hospitals.

I think it is wrong for three reasons. Substantively it is wrong, process-wise it is wrong. And it misses the point.

I appreciate the hearing today.

We are here today because the Senate did a terrible thing in the eyes of the House majority: they had the audacity to work together and come up with a compromise. At the request of the Speaker of the House, the Senate majority leader and…

First, I certainly want to thank our troops and their families for their sacrifice as we exit from Iraq. It is my honor now to continue to bring the voices of my constituents to this floor. And the following is from Howard Tenenbaum. He is…

As we hear from Members of this House every day, I thought it would be refreshing to bring the people's voice directly to this floor. So I asked my constituents to send me their thoughts that I could deliver as a 1-minute speech. The…

This is a positive bill for our military families, and when we move to the bill I'm going to take an opportunity to address that. But while we're on the rule, I have to express my immense disappointment that still, to this day, we, as a…

It's nice to hear the House Majority finally talking about the importance of infrastructure jobs. They claim this bill will create thousands of jobs from one project-- the Keystone Pipeline extension. However, America has infrastructure…

Thank you to all of you for being here.

I think that is also managing talent.

Is it fair that that person, who may have been deployed once and stays to retirement is eligible for a lifetime benefit, while an individual who may have multiple deployments in a combat theater does not stay 20 years, that person walks…

We simply cannot betray the trust of the service members who have performed with such courage and expertise in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Changes to the personnel compensation programs, including the retirement system, often strikes fear in the force.

the price of military retirement, the price of military benefits, is really part of the cost of fighting a war

I was, however, very pleased at General Dempsey's statement before the House Armed Services Committee.

the default rates are going down; at least that is my understanding.

I was pleased that the Secretary understood the morale problem that had been created by the Defense Business Board.

I was disappointed that Secretary Panetta did not disavow the Defense Business Board proposal.

I wonder if you could address the issue of fairness?

But I want remind us all that what we were talking about here is denying millions of women from purchasing comprehensive coverage with their own private funds. This would upend the promise of health care reform for many, many women across…

I thank my colleague for clarifying that. Madam Speaker, we have had this discussion many times on the floor. That's why my colleagues and I want to get back to the issues at hand today, which is jobs and enhancing and supporting the…

There is a strange thing that is going to be happening on this floor in just a little while. We should be focusing like a laser on jobs and strengthening the middle class. But instead, the majority is bringing forth a measure, the Protect…

Since my colleague on the other side of the aisle did not yield to my colleague from Colorado, I want to yield to her. Ms. DeGETTE. I thank the gentlelady for yielding. I just wanted to point out that while the gentlelady on the other side…

I have a very simple question to Secretary Panetta. In this time of austerity where we face massive budget cuts to the Department of Defense and potentially threatening cuts, if the sequester is exercised, can I count on your support to…

My staff have spent countless hours fighting off wrongful foreclosures. A number of my constituents have submitted the same paperwork to banks five different times and had their short sales denied three times. Other constituents were given…