I applaud the bipartisan efforts of my colleagues in working together on the issue of multiemployer pensions.

If Congress does not act on the Coal Healthcare and Pensions Protection Act, over 20,000 retirees stand to lose their health benefits by the end of the year.

We must make sure that these alternative plan designs mitigate risk to employers, but we also must make sure that these new alternatives do not shift an excessive amount of risk onto workers.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 508. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended. The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR…

Today, at 12:30 p.m., I will be convening an emergency press conference from the U.S. Capitol on Zika. This is a bipartisan press conference of Floridians, Democrats, and Republicans who are concerned about their State. Please join us. We…

Today, I rise to welcome the very gracious and accomplished Pastor Wayne Lomax to the House floor as our guest chaplain. Pastor Lomax is the founder and senior pastor of the mega church, The Fountain of New Life, located in Miami Gardens…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall 502 and ``yea'' on rollcall 503. ____________________

Have you ever heard of a travel ban on an American city? Now, we have one in the beautiful boutique district called Wynwood, in the heart of my district. It is time to lift that ban. District 24, Miami, Florida; and the entire State have…

We have a long to-do list before you can leave for the summer recess: we have got to pass legislation to prevent gun violence; we have got to pass legislation to fight the spread of Zika; we have got to pass legislation to address the…

I urge my colleagues in the majority to rethink their stance on this sensible effort to prevent misclassification.

I urge them, also, to cosponsor my bill, the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act, which would prevent another form of misclassification.

The Department of Labor's final overtime rule will extend overtime protections to 4.2 million Americans.