Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues for joining us this evening for this critically important discussion. I thank the chairs of the bipartisan task force on the opioid epidemic for their leadership and tenacity in pushing…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of this Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Rothfus for sharing the stories of Jared, Chad, and Tony and really putting a face and a name to this epidemic. I now yield to the gentlewoman from Maine (Ms. Pingree).

Last March, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, Dr. David Michaels, wrote about a woman from Massachusetts named Guadalupe Gonzalez.

The most important piece of public policy that we could undertake to increase labor force participation is a Federal Paid Leave Law.

I especially want to highlight your commitment to addressing the opioid crisis.

Mr. Speaker, the district I serve, the Fifth District of Massachusetts, is home to women who have shaped our Nation's history. I would like to celebrate one of those extraordinary women in celebration of Women's History Month. When you…

We need to start looking at assessments as a positive tool to help inform instruction.

I am confident that the Every Student Succeeds Act will uphold the civil rights legacy of the original ESEA and be responsive to the needs of students in each community.

One of the most frequently criticized pieces of No Child Left Behind that I have heard about over the years is the high-stakes testing.

It bears repeating that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is really a civil rights law.