Let me just say that our side hasn't been consulted. The Republicans have 238 votes to pass anything here. They have the vast majority. You only need 218 votes, so if you wanted to pass it, you could do it right now. You could have done it…
Marcy Kaptur
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Marcy Carolyn Kaptur is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Ohio's 9th congressional district since 1983. She is the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress. Kaptur has focused on various issues throughout her tenure, including healthcare, economic development, and veterans' affairs. Her commitment to her constituents is evident in her advocacy for policies that support working families and promote job growth in Ohio.
So here we are, January 18, 2018, 1 day before the risk of another shutdown, and their fiddling is unprecedented. Don't have a budget framework; can't make decisions; don't consult with our side. Why should we be in a helpful mood? We were…
Let me remind my colleagues though, throughout our National Labor Relations Board's history, it has never and will not assert jurisdiction where it would interfere with a Tribe's internal governance rights in purely intramural matters. So…
I stand with so many of my colleagues today in a call to action for this body to address a crisis that is at its breaking point for pensioners across our country, retired workers, who have come from the building trades, miners, truck…
I thank Ranking Member Lowey for yielding, and I rise in opposition to this continuing resolution that some might consider ridiculous. No matter how you look at it, Republicans have control of all of the reins of the Federal Government…
Yet, the Republicans had no problem finding trillions for billionaires who end up funding their campaigns, too. This prescription simply is bad medicine for America, and I ask my colleagues to vote ``no.''
As Republicans rammed through their tax gravy train for billionaires, we learned of another carve-out to megainvestors in real estate. This carve-out allows real estate businesses to take advantage of a new tax break, which was parachuted…
I would like to thank the gentlewoman and ranking member of the Financial Services Committee for this very important Special Order and for her incredible work in assuring justice in our country on so many, many fronts. Madam Speaker, I…
I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this disruption to those responsible for managing healthcare adds an unnecessary burden under the circumstances they confront daily. Many States are now preparing to shut down their CHIP…
The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics due to rampant and state- backed doping. The Olympic Committee says that Russia's scale of cheating is unprecedented. Unfortunately, this is yet another…
I thank the ranking member, Congresswoman Lowey from New York, for the phenomenal job that she has done this year, and commend Chairman Frelinghuysen for trying to herd cattle on a very vast range. Mr. Speaker, here we are again, mere…
The American public has caught on to our Republican colleagues' tax scam. They know their bill takes from our struggling middle class and rewards bountifully the billionaire class and transnational corporations--the very ones that will use…





