Lori Trahan

What is the value proposition? What is the--how are we going to attract and retain the best and the brightest from everything from MIT to competitive community colleges to help us tackle this problem?

Congress has raised the minimum wage only four times in the past 40 years.

I do believe that unions have built the middle class.

Women are nearly two-thirds of workers paid the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

I am so proud to be from Massachusetts for a number of reasons, and it is because of Senator Brodeur's work not just on this issue but on healthcare, education, on gun violence prevention.

The employees I talked to at the IRS are noble. They are hardworking. They are working with the utmost integrity. They have endured cuts to their agency, at times doing jobs that used to require two, sometimes three people to do. Again, my…

I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask for its consideration. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Insert after section 2(e) the following (and redesignate subsequent…

I want to commend the sponsors of this important bill that rewards the talent and commitment of our civilian workforce by granting them a 2.6 percent pay adjustment for 2019. Mr. Chairman, the shutdown was a stark reminder of how crucial…

We need these families, these businesses, these communities to be made whole, but we also need the people across this state to feel safe and secure.

I urge Columbia Gas and NiSource at a minimum to adopt API-recommended Practice 1173, the gold standard of safety practices for pipelines.

We can replace heat and appliances, but we need to get to the root cause of this disaster, to restore confidence and faith that our pipelines are safe and that this will never happen again.