Janice Schakowsky

We just simply have to do better.

I think a great example that comes to mind is at the ArcelorMittal steel mill they have authorized a strike because the company is doing very well and workers are just asking for their fair share of those profits in terms of wages and…

Manufacturing helped build the American middle class. Strong wages helped build products that Americans were proud of.

So, Mr. Stettner, in your written statement you talked about apprenticeship and vocational training and how that has dwindled a bit.

Walmart supported the tax bill and claimed it would help workers, but it is not clear how much of that $2.2 billion in annual tax cuts actually helped its more than 1.4 million Americans.

So, where have the $2 trillion gone? Since the tax bill passed, we have seen an explosion of stock buybacks.

What this will show is that, despite the Republican rhetoric, we haven't seen anything close to an explosion in investment.

If this Congress wants to truly address the increase in extreme wildfires, we must act to slow the global warming that is driving changes in climate and weather patterns.

President Trump and his administration are doing everything possible to increase emissions and block any attempt to slow the rate of climate change.

Unfortunately, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans refuse to address climate change and have instead pushed policies that will exacerbate our climate problems.

I have a piece of legislation I have introduced, Put a Nurse in a Nursing Home.

My understanding is no.

We need to be making last steps now. We need to be getting at the heart of the problem.

If I sound a little impatient about this focus on nursing home and safety it is because I have been working on this issue since the mid-80s...

I would really like to see that after you complete your investigation of that issue.

So two-thirds still remains.

These drugs are often given without informed consent.

Couldn't that be seen as a weakening of a commitment to enforcement?

Is it the policy of the Trump administration to shift more of the responsibility to the States?

We must get rid of gag clauses because providing patients with information about pricing is critical.

I would also like to thank Representatives Dingell and Guthrie for introducing the bipartisan H.R. 5306, the EMPOWER Care Act, to reauthorize the Money Follows the Person, MFP, Program.

I am just so proud to cosponsor H.R. 3325, the bipartisan ACE Kids Act, which will help many children just like Naomi get the care they need.

I have to tell you, the President and the Republicans have concocted this idea of a supposed anti-conservative bias to, it seems to me, distract from the fact that their majority has absolutely done nothing to prevent foreign governments…

One of my legislative efforts with Representative Bill Johnson on Energy and Commerce is H.R. 3482, which would remove originating site and geographic restrictions on telehealth in Medicare.

I was pretty shocked by your attitude that well, we all have trauma in our life and most of us get over it.