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Mr. Klein, it's an important point you make, and I just want to add to this idea that for so many of the working, the people who are in poverty, we are talking about working poor folks, folks who are really struggling hard every day. And…
Today is a good day. The Majority Maker Freshmen are here tonight at this late hour to celebrate the increase in the minimum wage for the first time in 10 years. The minimum wage, the amount of pay that the lowest paid workers in our…
for weeks now, the Republican Senators have been coming forward saying that the status quo in Iraq cannot continue. They're right. This week they have an opportunity to act on those words. We'll see if they join us in changing the course…
Well, Mr. Speaker, I'm always happy to join my colleagues, the difference-makers, who heard the call of the American people and came to Congress to really make the case for a safer America, a stronger America; an America that is not mired…
What does it mean to care for a 20-year-old quadriplegic for the course of his or her life? This chart speaks for itself, but I just want to go to the bottom line if I may. We're looking at $3,816 per second.
there's an easy civics pop quiz for the summer break. How many branches of government are there in the United States? Well, any high school civics student can tell you that there are three. But it seems like our Vice President is confused…
let me thank the gentlewoman and commend the gentlewoman for her good wisdom and excellent intentions behind section 699 which would conditionalize aid to Egypt. However, I must rise in support of the amendment that has been brought by Mr…
this weekend, General David Petraeus acknowledged that we will not see any significant improvements in the situation on the ground in Iraq by September. When President Bush first proposed the troop escalation plan at the beginning of this…
A wide variety of tools. I would be curious to know what some of those tools might be. Are we talking about tickling somebody with a feather, or what kind of tools are we talking about? Are we dragging somebody into a tribunal and getting…
I agree. American workers are some of the best in the world, innovative, hard-working, no doubt about it, and given a fair chance, can compete with any workers or anyone around the world, but we just need a fair opportunity. So I think we…
Should our trade model be driven by promotion of American economic activity, including jobs? Or should it be driven by profit margins of huge multinational companies that really have no allegiance other than the profit margin each quarter?
Well, if we already start out with what is a trade policy that is lax, a trade policy with a model that is not inclined toward saving American jobs, and then they won't even enforce the rules that they do have, what will happen if we vote…
We are talking about trade, Mr. Speaker, within the context of two decades of flat wages for working people. When you look at real wages, Mr. Speaker, we are talking about flat real wages for working people. We are talking about a system…
So has the administration been an advocate, protector of the rights of workers in America, much less right around the world?
Under the current model that we have, who is the entity responsible for enforcing trade provisions such as labor or environmental standards? Whose job is it to police those standards?
Trade is one of the critical issues facing our Nation. Let me say that on the campaign trail, Mr. Speaker, I found myself talking about jobs, employment, and opportunity to people on a daily basis. Whether I went to the suburban areas or…
this month marks a special opportunity to pay tribute to the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans. In our community, we have a great opportunity to recognize this dynamic force of creativity in our Nation, and I…
it is horribly sad that anyone would want to vocalize hateful ideas, but it is not illegal. What Don Imus said about African American women was legal though deplorable. But violence is not. Violence is different. Violence is acts, if…
today we insist, we ask, the President to fund the troops by not vetoing this bill. We ask the President to sign the bill. What has been described as pork is not pork. What it is, is money for traumatic brain injury. What it is, is money…
I am so honored to see all of our colleagues rise and extol all of the great virtues of Juanita Millender-McDonald, talking about her historic firsts, her role as mayor, city councilperson, the first African-American woman to chair a…
What about our energy future? What are we going to do into the next decade? We have seen all kinds of challenges with global climate change. We do not want to be depending upon unstable regimes around the world. How can Americans trust…
Thank you, Congressman Yarmuth. It is time to get specific, my friends. Let me just say specifically that in the first 100 hours alone, we made our very first vote the implementation of the independent bipartisan 9/11 Commission's national…
Thank you, Congresswoman. Tonight, we are very lucky and fortunate to have somebody who can offer a diagnosis and then give a prescription, somebody who can look at our great Nation and say, what does this great Nation need to be…
Well, thank you, Congressman. One of the things that we are trying to do in this Congress and we are going to do and we are on the track to do is to make middle-class people have a real opportunity for a real future for their children, for…
Mr. Speaker, we are also distinguished by having a leader in our Congress who comes to us as a labor lawyer, as a community leader, and has brought her very considerable talents to this Congress. She has led this Congress in many ways…
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