Political Quotes

I thank Mr. Pallone for yielding. Mr. Speaker, since 2000, more than 460 children have died from furniture tip-overs, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission has reported that tip-overs cause an average of 25,500 emergency room- treated…

This year marks the 58th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act. Despite the goal to ensure equality for women in the workplace, nearly 60 years later, the pay gap still exists. Women today, on average, make 82 cents for every dollar earned by a…

I thank my leader here who has done such a great job to protect workers. We are here today to fix a terrible 2009 Supreme Court decision that weakened protections against age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. A…

I also thank Representative Guthrie, who cosponsored this legislation with me, and also Chairman Pallone and Chairman Bobby Rush for their help in moving this bill forward. This is a bipartisan bill that provides an important fix to an…