The American people deserve better, and Washington doesn't have any more time to waste.

Hard-working families are overdue for a well-earned raise, but I would note, again, just as I did at this same hearing last year, that there continues to be a whopping zero Republican cosponsors on the bill to raise our Federal minimum…

We have a tremendous opportunity to improve the economic conditions for working people all across the country.

Simply put, we have to take action.

So we continue here to argue over this notion that if you simply cut taxes for people at the top it is going to be great for everybody across the country.

62 times we have now voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Let me contrast what we are about to do in the next few minutes with the manner in which Democrats handled the Medicare part D prescription drug benefit. We voted against it. We…

First, Mr. Speaker, I want to call attention to the efforts that have been made by Congresswoman Kuster and Congressman Guinta. When Congresswoman Kuster approached me on this issue, I was all too happy to join in. I think that the…

The bill we have before us today is the universal legislator's dilemma: the possible versus the perfect. I rise in support of this legislation today. I stand with President Obama in support of this legislation today. I rise to prevent 18…

I don't know that there was anything that the witness said that we could disagree with on that.

We have nearly three decades of inertia with regard to tax reform. This must be the Congress of action that takes the tough but necessary steps to reform our Tax Code for the sake of American families, American companies, and America's…

These inversions happen because of a broken Tax Code which allows these deals to take place. Congress must take action immediately.

Everybody on that island is literate. That education is the gold standard of Europe.