Tomorrow marks the second anniversary of the landmark health care reform bill being signed into law by President Obama. Many of the important reforms under the new law benefit women, who for years have faced discriminatory practices by…

The health care reform effort signed into law by President Obama in 2010 contains important new benefits for our seniors and Medicare recipients that have already started to take effect. Nearly 3.6 million seniors in the doughnut hole have…

We are now in the month of February. In less than 4 weeks, the 2-week payroll tax cut extension, which House Republicans begrudgingly agreed to, will expire. To avoid the same dramatic standoff that threatened a $1,400 tax increase for the…

During rollcall vote No. 23 on the Michaud (Maine) motion to instruct, H.R. 3630, I mistakenly recorded my vote as ``nay'' when I should have voted ``yea.'' I ask unanimous consent that my statement appear in the Record following rollcall…

I thank the chairman. It has been my honor and pleasure to work in a bipartisan fashion on this legislation that seeks to address the great challenge of military sexual trauma. I think that we have incorporated into the House version of…

I did not mean to yield back my time; so I ask unanimous consent to reclaim my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Massachusetts? Mr. McKEON. Reserving the right to object, I understand…

While one in six women will experience sexual assault in her lifetime, as many as one in three women leaving military service report that they have experienced some form of military sexual trauma. By the Pentagon's own estimate, as few as…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California who has taken such an interest in this very grave issue and played an important leadership role, Congresswoman Speier.

I have heard from many struggling families in Massachusetts who simply don't know how they will make ends meet if Congress does not pass an extension of unemployment benefits before January 1. From Lowell: I am a 58-year-old man that has…

10 months ago this week, Republicans took control of the House of Representatives. Since then, we have not seen one comprehensive jobs bill to help put Americans back to work. Our GOP-led House must show urgency, where now they show…

Last week I hosted a town hall meeting in Lawrence, Massachusetts, to discuss ways to grow our domestic manufacturing base and promote policies that keep jobs in the United States, not overseas. Participating in this town hall were several…

Recently, I got an email from a constituent from my hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, that read, ``I think Republicans are focusing on the wrong thing. We need jobs.'' Our constituents are pleading with us to focus on jobs; yet here we…