The Department of Energy's Weatherization program has a direct positive impact on the lives of everyday Americans.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, and I want to thank you for your openness to working across committees to even do greater things for our country, Chairman Pallone.

This week marks a heroic milestone for millions of America's retirees as the House finally considers the Butch Lewis Act. This bill moves America one step closer to restoring its broken pension promises to 1,300,000 pensioners across our…

I don't think we should cannibalize one education program for another purpose.

I would be remiss if I did not register my strong objection to the administration's budget proposal to eliminate the STEM programs at NASA in its fiscal year 2020 budget.

Pensions have afforded millions of middle- class Americans the opportunity to enjoy their golden years with economic peace of mind. Congress did not ensure that security for all retirees when it passed the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act…

America's economic history is rooted in the exploitation of labor. It is a lesson worth remembering, but its history is not one of yesteryears alone. Our existing trade deals impose an economic model built on cheap labor, where profits…

Corporate America and Wall Street are awash in profits and cash, but American workers haven't had the benefit of a Federal minimum wage increase in over a decade, while the prices of everything have gone up--medicine, housing, food, cars…

Such a raise would put $3,200 in the pockets of more than 128,000 workers just in northern Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the Raise the Wage Act will dramatically improve the lives of millions of hardworking people and families and communities across…

America's workers do not support the Trump- negotiated NAFTA-2 trade deal. Just like the original NAFTA, the new NAFTA is half-baked, repackaged, and broken. It was not written to improve the lives of our working families in Ohio or in…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. Mr. Chair, the amendment that I offer aims to expand the Department of Defense's authority to work with the Coast Guard on youth science, technology, engineering, and math programs. For several…

Today I rise to introduce the Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2019. My bill would enable graduates current on repayment to renegotiate their student debt into an opportunity to purchase and own a home, which, of course, is…

I thank our able chairwoman, Nita Lowey from New York, for yielding me this time. I come to the floor to urge my colleagues to support this emergency supplemental request to address the humanitarian cry on our southern border. It aims to…

American workers and organized labor do not support your renegotiated NAFTA. Corporate America and wealthy elites might, but don't make any effort to sell NAFTA's half-baked, repackaged broken promises to our workers, be they industrial or…

Most importantly, this spending correctly includes restrictions to hold this administration accountable on how it spends taxpayer dollars in a capacity that protects the rights and dignity of desperate people who happen to be migrants…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop), a superb chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, and I rise to discuss an issue very important to America's livestock…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I would just like to remind the gentleman--I think he is new to this body--that the President said he was going to get Mexico to pay for everything. He said that 1,000 times. Didn't happen. He is not going to raid our accounts. The…

I ask my colleagues to oppose this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair…

Woman, I would like to thank the gentleman for those remarks and to say that I share his deep concern about the way that OMB, in particular, has a tennis match with Congress when it comes to the Army Corps of Engineers. There is not a more…

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. Mullin). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair…

Woman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The Acting Chair. The gentlewoman from Ohio is recognized for 5 Minutes.

Woman, I rise in opposition to this amendment because really, it takes us backwards. The gentleman is from Indiana. I am from Ohio. I think both of us have seen individuals that we represent go off to war. How many wars have we gotten into…

I urge opposition to this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Banks). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that…

I ask my colleagues to join me in support of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.