The FAMILY Act covers all workers--which I think is really important.

I rise to speak about the farm bill-- something that we have in common, something that both of our States know is very important for this country's economy. This legislation is one of the most important chances we have in this Chamber to…

I rise to speak about the humanitarian crisis that is at our southern border right now. We are living through a moment in history when we are literally sending babies and toddlers into detention camps. Think about that. Think about what I…

I rise to speak about the humanitarian crisis happening right now in our country at the border-- something I implore my colleagues to fight to stop. The Department of Homeland Security is tearing young children from the arms of their…

I rise to urge my colleagues to join me in voting for a bipartisan amendment, No. 2294, the Military Justice Improvement Act. It will fix our broken military justice system. I believe our servicemembers deserve a military justice system…

100 days ago, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act, the bill that would fix the way we deal with sexual harassment and discrimination here in Congress. The current…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill by title for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 2872) to amend…

I now ask for a second reading and, in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read for the second time on…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Mr. Ranking Member, for holding this hearing, and for your bipartisan leadership in drafting this bill, the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.

It also authorizes the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study to protect communities like those that are experiencing devastating flooding last summer along Lake Ontario.

We have hundreds of dams and levees that are critical to communities across the State which must be properly maintained to ensure those communities are protected from flooding.

I have introduced bipartisan legislation amending the Farm Bill to include a grant program for rural broadband deployment

I hope you will come to New York to meet with some of our smaller producers so you can see and understand why these pricing programs are not working and why the insurance programs are not working for small dairy farms in America today.

it is very, very troubling that lots of swaths of this country do not have access to this basic human need

Paperwork requirements are stupid. So please relook at that.

rural broadband is absolutely necessary for our farms to compete to sell their products worldwide

Surely they deserve the USDA's support as well.

Do you see an expanded role for MD5 in addressing the 'valley of death' concerns faced by our military?

PFOA is present in the groundwater near Hoosick Falls and Petersburg, New York, as a result of a plastic manufacturing plant nearby.

I rise to speak in opposition to the nomination of Carlos Muniz to be the general counsel at the Department of Education. One of the most important responsibilities that the Department of Education has is to uphold title IX and fight back…

The SBIR and STTR programs support our ability to work with small business across the nation to develop cutting edge solutions for difficult problems facing our warfighters.

How difficult is it to clean up PFC contamination once it reaches a river or lake, and what can be done to prevent further contamination?

I believe the Manufacturing USA Network is critical to ensuring the United States remains a global leader in manufacturing the cutting-edge technologies needed for our national defense.

Do you believe the Defense Department is making full use of the SBIR-STTR and RIF programs to leverage small businesses in advancing the development and production of technologies?

far too many American start-ups working on cutting-edge technologies with applications important to our defense mission are having a difficult time accessing investment to scale their research to production.