Carol Shea-Porter

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title III, add the following: SEC. ___. PORTSMOUTH HARBOR AND PISCATAQUA RIVER. The Secretary…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title III, insert the following: SEC. ___. HAMPTON HARBOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NAVIGATION…

If you are a lobbyist who never gave us money, I didn't talk to you. If you are a lobbyist who gave us money, I might talk to you.

If you want to be heard you better give money.

How are we leaving one-third of American workers and their families behind?

I add my voice in support of this and other legislation to establish robust and common sense paid leave policies for all workers, public and private sector.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

I think we're all in agreement that the safety and the welfare is incredibly important, probably No. 1, for the responsibility of the Job Corps.

We wouldn't have capitalism if we didn't have this great democracy.

I am disappointed and shocked at where we have gone and where our culture has gone for this.

The identification of such drugs is an urgent medical, societal, and national security issue.

These recoveries are only a fraction of the estimated $3 billion lost annually by workers due to wage theft.

We do have a problem, and there are a large number of people in this country who suffer because of this.

Enforcement in industries with high rates of violations is an efficient use of the Department's resources and ensures that workers who do not have the resources to bring a claim are protected.

The fatalities in right-to-work States are 50 percent higher than in nonright-to-work States.

Are workers' wages and benefits better or worse in States that have right-to-work laws?

We have real people's lives at stake here.

We're talking about people. We're talking about workers. We're talking about a lot of workers who are earning a wage that none of us would accept.

Despite the fact that Republicans have had seven years to come up with a so-called replacement plan, the current plan looks like repeal and collapse.

The Affordable Care Act saved his life, because he had access to treatment.

These meaningful protections have improved the lives of people around the country, protections that are being threatened.

We know, for example, that 30 million Americans would lose coverage, with the vast majority in working families.

This hearing is part of a larger agenda to repeal the Affordable Care Act root and branch, despite the fact there's no credible plan to deal with the chaos that repeal would create.

How did a $35 million earmark for 2012 and maybe 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry get into this bill and why? If Texas Governor Rick Perry chooses to send the Texas National Guard to the Texas border on his…