I am really happy that we are having this important hearing on data security.

I believe it is critical that this subcommittee move forward with legislation that will ensure that best practices are followed at all retailers and that consumers are informed as soon as possible after cyber theft is discovered.

I have been disturbed, not necessarily by what you have done, but there have been some efforts in the courts to undermine the ability of government to actually act in the area of data security.

My colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to be absolutely obsessed with taking away a woman's right to make her own personal health decisions with her own money. Today, we could be extending unemployment benefits to 1.6 million…

Thank you, Representative Garamendi, for coming to the floor and talking about the community. And it really is ``the economy stupid'' for most Americans who feel a sense of growing insecurity. Wages haven't gone up for decades. But the…

No. Why don't we just turn our attention to that sign. Ending the gender pay gap, which actually is 77 cents to the dollar that men earn; paid sick leave; permanent child tax credit; improve diagnosis and care for Alzheimer's patients; and…

If that referred to me, I apologize. Thank you very much for organizing this hour for the Progressive Caucus. Mr. Speaker, we are talking about human issues that really don't lend themselves to any kind of political label. We are talking…

There was some common sense on both sides of the aisle of things that were essential investments for our country, that it made sense from every angle at which you looked at this to make those kinds of investments in the National Institutes…

Thank you. I want to thank Congresswoman Speier for leading this really important debate. We have been talking lately about how we are not going to be able to compete for the economic development in research and biotechnology and all the…

Establishing a stronger federal role might improve oversight, reduce illegal operations, and provide new revenues.

I was in the state legislature. We were often sold the lottery and other kinds of gambling revenue as helping our schools and in Illinois supposedly for education.

If I could make just one more comment, in Illinois the lottery manager was just directed to expand the promotion beyond low-income people to people who have more revenue.