I would very much like to have a very specific answer to that question because I am also a former teacher, and deadlines matter.

I firmly believe that the work that you do prevents the work that my family needs to do.

I rise for my Molly. I stand here on the floor of the House of Representatives as a proud mother of a gay daughter. When I was in the Air Force, we were taught never to leave anyone behind; and, after the 2016 election, I listened as my…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 136, line 1, strike ``4 hours'' and insert ``10 hours''. Page 136, line 3, strike ``4 hours'' and insert ``10…

Again, I urge the adoption of my amendment and also the adoption of H.R. 1 so that we can once again restore the faith of the people and focus on the working Americans of today. Mr. Chairman, if you do a shift or even if you have a 9 to 5…

I very much appreciate the bipartisan spirit and the olive branch that the gentleman has reached out to me. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Sarbanes).

I watched as constituents at home went without pay, and people were used as pawns in political negotiations.

But what we should never tolerate is federal workers and contractors being forced to work without pay because we in the executive and legislative branches have failed to perform our very basic duties as elected officials.

I thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today also in support of H.R. 8, and I rise to tell the story of one resident from my community, from Pennsylvania's Sixth Congressional District, Jamie Loeper, and…

What I am trying to understand is in a world where we have these caps, which are not being met.

I am the daughter of a refugee who came here 70 years ago, and these issues are critically important to me as well.

I consider myself to be an entrepreneur and very much about elevating small business people.

I rise for Rodney and Michelle Roberson and their daughter Bianca, who was fatally shot in a road rage incident in June of 2017. Bianca had recently graduated from Rustin High School in Chester County, in my district. She was coming back…

I rise for Jodi Readinger, a tax preparer in Pennsylvania's Sixth District. She and her organization, the Berks Community Action Program, provide a range of services to over 2,500 low-income individuals and families in my community. For…