Last week, the city of Detroit, Michigan, became the largest municipality in our Nation's history to file for bankruptcy. Without a doubt, the situation in Detroit is extreme. Their problems in part have been driven by local mismanagement…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the ranking member for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chair, this legislation is an attack on teachers and takes away the tools they need to succeed in the classroom. I am exhausted by the…

We know that before-school, after-school, and summer learning programs are successful activities that provide safe places that millions of students and parents can rely upon. I'm very concerned about keeping the students in my district…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am speaking on the previous amendment, the Young amendment. I ran out of time earlier. As currently written, this bill does not provide a clear funding source for Indian education programs, which…

I'm new here, but if there's one thing I've learned, this is not what we were sent here to do. A Member from the other side, during the rules debate, asked me if our side understood that nutrition programs were not in this bill. Well…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Let me just say that, while we are obviously here to give honor and recognize the service of Mr. Dingell, the honor, at least from where I stand, the honor is really all mine to be able to participate in…

Congratulations on your near unanimous vote of confidence from the recommending committee in the Senate a couple of weeks ago.

Ensuring students can afford college is vital to ensuring our Nation's competitiveness in a global economy. A majority of new jobs in the next decade will require a college degree, which makes higher education an economic necessity for…

I come from Flint, Michigan, a working class community. I represent Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, and it's a community that's proud of the fact that in this area--and it's true across the country--the notion has been that, if you work hard, if…

Today we're considering the Republican's latest attack on workers' rights. Republicans are calling this bill the Working Families Flexibility Act, but a more appropriate name would be the More Work, Less Pay Act. This bill is bad for…

Although I do not serve on the Armed Services Committee, all Members of Congress have a responsibility to protect our Nation.

My constituents and the American people deserve a budget. One of our principal duties in Congress is to pass a budget. Yet Congress has already missed the legal deadline this year because the Republican leadership has not yet appointed…