This past Monday marked the 1-year anniversary of the disaster at the Kleen Energy Systems power plant in Middletown, Connecticut. That blast claimed six lives and injured dozens of others last February. It could have been prevented…

I rise, as did other Members of the Connecticut delegation, to pay tribute to a great man who served the State of Connecticut and his community of Danbury in a variety of ways, Bill Ratchford. Bill Ratchford passed away recently, and the…

When I testified against this repeal before the Rules Committee, I told a story about a family in my district. The husband lost his job and, therefore, his insurance because of a debilitating injury. This family faced a choice: They either…

In the middle of the health care debate, a gentleman came into my office in Waterbury, Connecticut, and delivered a petition signed by 3,000 people. He was fighting two battles--one against the cancer that was ravaging his body and another…

I would like to thank, again, Representative Frank for his generosities, despite my leaving the committee. And again, to Representative Biggert in particular, for her advocacy on this issue over the years. For people that are born with…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I am proud to stand here today with my colleagues in support of S. 1481, the Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2009. This is a reauthorization and improvement upon…

My constituents are willing to support this Congress borrowing money, but only if all of that effort is targeted at creating jobs. This bill fails that test. We're going to borrow almost $900 billion under this bill in order to give…

The more I learn about the Department of Defense's procurement policies and the procurement policies of other agencies, the more angry I get, the more angry this Congress should get, and the more angry the American citizenry should get. In…

Thank you and the committee for bringing this bill before us. There's $13 billion in this legislation for construction. That's more in the last 4 years combined than any 4-year period since the 1940s. And though that will mean…

This past weekend I went door to door in Waterbury, Connecticut, where unemployment today is 14.1 percent. Guess what everybody wanted to talk about? They wanted to talk jobs. People in Waterbury never shied away from hard work. This is…

A few weeks ago I visited a company in my district, Integro, and through the enforcement of the Buy America clause, their business in making lighting for airstrips has almost doubled. In visiting them, I found out that they then have…

Thank you very much, Representative Wasserman Schultz, Representative Tonko, Representative Jackson Lee. Listen, everybody should take a look at that chart that was next to Representative Tonko. It's not a coincidence that from month to…