Now we are on an 'unsustainable fiscal path,' to quote the Commission report, which threatens our economic viability.

Friday, March 25, marks the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. The deaths of 146 workers--mostly young women--were avoidable. If the owners of the factory had not locked the doors to the stairwells and exits, if…

First of all, let me thank you for focusing not just tonight but so many days on the floor of this House on jobs, especially since the new majority has done nothing, absolutely nothing to create jobs for the American people since they have…

Ask Americans if we should reduce government spending and most say yes. I agree. But let's dig a little deeper. Let's make the kind of choices that families make. H.R. 1 that the Republicans have offered in cuts will result in 218,000…

Thank you. I would like to say to the Republicans, be careful what you wish for. Your star is fading on this effort to repeal, to defund the Affordable Care Act. Only about 18 percent of Americans now are for full repeal of this bill. And…

House Republicans have made their agenda really clear. What's obvious is that it's really not about creating jobs. It's not about addressing the economy, but rather the extreme agenda is to undermine women's access to reproductive health…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 514, which reauthorizes and extends provisions in the Patriot Act that I strongly disagree with. I opposed the passage of the Patriot Act in 2001 for the very same reasons that I rise today…

let me just associate myself with the President's remarks yesterday that he would not hesitate to enforce commonsense safeguards to protect the American people.

I am very grateful for the lives that will be saved and injuries that will be prevented because of the regulation.

Yesterday I met with everyday Americans in Chicago who shared with me their personal stories, tragic stories but common stories, about how our flawed health care system has devastated their lives. At its core, access to health care is a…

I am very grateful to join my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to mourn the tragic loss of six lives and the many who were injured who wanted nothing more than to participate in a simple but precious opportunity to meet directly with…

The Republicans held hostage 150 million Americans in favor of 6,600 families who will get this inflated break on their estate taxes. Who are those families? The Koch Family: the primary funders of the tea party movement and other…