I thank my colleagues Earl Blumenauer, Adrian Smith, Dan Kildee, and Drew Ferguson for their work on this bill. I especially thank Congresswoman DelBene for her tireless leadership in advocating for this issue and bringing Members together…

I start by echoing the sentiments that both the chairman and the ranking member had about Jackie Walorski and how deeply we all feel for her and her family and the staff members who were lost. I congratulate Mr. Neal and also members of…

the lack of civic understanding and responsibility, which is critical for a republic, isn't taught.

I had introduced a bill that said one of the ways that we could correct this was to have 4-year terms for Members of Congress.

Well, actually, you are absolutely right, the Founding Fathers had a major debate over this because they thought it should be 1 year.

I applaud you for the big ideas that are coming forward, and I think they are essential to a democracy.

we should have to go along with that, what Australia does with 100 percent voting, and having voting as a requirement.

I think the biggest threat that we face in our democratic republic... is still a practice.

I thank the gentleman, but it actually is authored by 206 Members of the United States Congress, and I appreciate all the work that has been done. The gentleman was correct. This is the number one antipoverty program for the elderly. It is…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for his unwavering support and dedication not only to the firefighters, police, and teachers across this country who will benefit from this legislation, but all Americans, and especially those in…

I thank the gentleman from California for his comments. I will point out that this is a bipartisan plan, probably more correctly called nonpartisan. Why? Because Independents, Democrats, and Republicans of all ages, of all backgrounds and…

I thank the gentlewoman for her comments, and especially as it relates to staff, also for her comments about this is the cornerstone, a key ground-laying cornerstone of the human infrastructure. Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much time we have…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for her comments. Every now and again, we find leaders in the country who may come from the House but all of a sudden take on national prominence. Why is that? Because they speak straightforwardly to…

I thank Ms. Kaptur and greatly appreciate the gentlewoman from Ohio's comments. I yield to the gentleman Pennsylvania (Mr. Cartwright), who also understands and has worked tirelessly as an original cosponsor of this bill to make sure that…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for his remarks. I am so proud he is going to be going to the United States Senate because, in the United States Senate, Mr. Scott from Florida has proposed ending Social Security in 5 years. Ohio needs to…

The COVID virus has impacted our senior citizens more severely than any other population. With over 1 million deaths now in the country, more than 750,000 of them are people over the age of 65. This global pandemic has also brought with it…

This global pandemic has impacted every nation in the world. But here in America, as we have seen, with just over a million people who have passed, 750,000 of them are over the age of 65. Those seniors are also the people hurt hardest by…

It is an honor to be here this evening with you and to talk about--during this time of the COVID pandemic--something that is near and dear to the hearts of the people impacted the most by this pandemic. Madam Speaker, as you know, more…

I think as Martin Luther King would say, it is the ``fierce urgency of now'' that we are dealing with, and by that I mean the fierce urgency being the pandemic that this country is currently going through. That pandemic has taken more than…

I am here this morning to talk about Social Security. Madam Speaker, I include in the Record two articles: The first is entitled, ``It's time for U.S. Congress to debate Social Security reform in the light of day'' by The New York Times…

I am here this morning to talk about Social Security. I start with commending Chairman Neal of the Ways and Means Committee, and especially for his formation of the Racial Equity Committee that was headed up by one of the previous…

What a great honor for me to be here today and pay tribute to the fighting Hornets of East Hartford High. The girls' team has won the State championship in the State of Connecticut for the first time in the school's history. Mr. Speaker…

I thank Chairman Neal and Leader Brady--what an outstanding example of bipartisan cooperation. But especially as it relates to what has amounted to a financial retirement crisis, this clearly will help aid in the work that has already been…

Clearly, the COVID pandemic has struck America extraordinarily hard. Nearly a million Americans have died from COVID-19, but it has been especially hurtful to our elderly. More than 720,000 of the people who have perished were over the age…

Martin Luther King famously said in a speech in Memphis that there is always a need to act, but especially, as he noted there at the time, with the fierce urgency of now. The fierce urgency of now, as it relates to Social Security, has…