Frederica Wilson

Pass a working families agenda that promotes the equal employment opportunity that is linked to increased profitability and ensures all workers have a fair shot at success.

If these people, most of whom are women and women of color and many are immigrant women, if these women were working in nursing homes or public institutions, they would get minimum wage and overtime pay.

I stand in support of the Every Student Succeeds Act. I want to thank Chairmen Alexander and Kline and Ranking Members Murray and Scott for their yearlong work on this bill. At its heart, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is a…

Tomorrow is Wear Red Wednesday to Bring Back Our Girls. Boko Haram has been declared the world's deadliest terrorist organization. Boko Haram has actually murdered more people than ISIS. This means that Boko Haram's attacks are more lethal…

Tomorrow is Wear Red Wednesday to Bring Back Our Girls, a day that I ask my colleagues to join me in remembering those affected by the ISIS-linked Boko Haram. In light of Friday's reprehensible terrorist attacks in Paris, our remembrance…

Tomorrow is Wear Red Wednesday to bring back our girls. Boko Haram, notorious for kidnapping nearly 300 Chibok girls almost 570 days ago, has used heinous tactics to displace 2.2 million Nigerians and kill 15,000 people in the region…

Tomorrow is Wear Red Wednesday to Bring Back Our Girls. This month President Obama announced he will deploy 300 troops to Cameroon to help with the fight against the ISIS-linked terrorist organization, Boko Haram. These American troops…

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank you for holding this hearing and giving us the opportunity to discuss how we can better protect the health and safety of miners.

When we discuss the health of miners, we must discuss finding ways to end black lung disease, and also to help those suffering from the disease secure the benefits they deserve.

I want to commend you for your 25 years of commitment to representing coal miners and their survivors attempting to obtain black lung benefits.

I was moved by the story of Steve Day, a miner, featured in the Center for Public Integrity's Pulitzer Prize winning investigation into the black lung benefit system.

One cannot possibly look at the steep rise in the rates of the disease and conclude black lung is not worth MSHA's efforts.

What is the impact of this lack of coverage for this group of workers? What would you recommend Congress do to address this problem of incomplete coverage?

I find it inexcusable that given these current conditions, a House budget bill would cut $32 million from OSHA's already sparse enforcement budget.

I think it would make a big difference if--and we are talking about the tiny number of employers who really treat their workers this way, but we need to send them a message because these workers--that is where workers are being killed.

Today is Wear Red Wednesday to bring back our girls. All summer we have heard reports of Boko Haram's atrocities. This summer of savagery and brutality left us fearful for the fate of Nigeria and the Chibok girls. But with a change of the…

As the eighth annual Hunger Action Month comes to an end, I salute the efforts of Feeding South Florida for its year-round efforts to end hunger in our communities. For the past 8 years, we have dug our way out of a deep recession that…

I want to commend you, because that is my life's work.

Amelia Boyton Robinson was an American hero who devoted her entire life to the fight for equal rights for all. She was a child suffragette, who alongside her mother, advocated for the women's vote and then as a young woman fought for the…

Almost a half century ago, while serving as an elementary school principal in Miami, I sensed a void in the lives of the boys who were always being sent to my office because of disruptive behavior. The one thing they all had in common was…

On rollcall No. 492, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

Today is Wear Red Wednesday to Bring Back Our Girls. We have heard so many heartbreaking details of the death and destruction that Boko Haram has brought upon the people of Nigeria. I traveled to Nigeria last month, and I am strongly…

I ask unanimous consent that the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluations' research brief showing that increases in cost sharing can discourage low income individuals from accessing necessary medical care which can…

A salary and a title are no protections against oppressive overwork and never have been.

I stand strong with the more than 150 House and Senate Democrats who sent a letter to President Obama this week to express our strong support of this overtime rule.