Carolyn Bourdeaux: “It is clear from today's testimony that more work needs to be done to ensure that, in the long term, we have a supply…”

Today I rise in support of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022. I am grateful for Chairs DeFazio and Napolitano and Ranking Members Graves and Rouzer as well as the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee staff for working with…

Minority-owned businesses and small mom and pop shops have been hit extremely hard by the economic effects of the pandemic, and this is why the bill provides critical assistance to businesses with 10 employees or less.

I firmly believe that we do need to raise the minimum wage in this country to get it to a living wage.

Will you commit to work with the affected stakeholders to limit the scope and impact of this credit policy as much as possible and ensure fair outcomes for our small business contractors?