Rush Holt: “We have not raised the liability cap from $75 million to ensure that oil companies are held accountable and taxpayers…”

We have not raised the civil penalties that can be levied by the Interior Department against oil companies that violate the law so that they are a meaningful financial deterrent.

These Republican drilling bills would elevate speed over safety while opening huge new swaths of public land.

Minimum wage has lost considerable buying power. It is not indexed to inflation.

I have introduced legislation in the House, the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act (H.R. 482), that would require all institutions of higher learning to clearly define their anti-harassment policies, and distribute these…