Mary Gay Scanlon: “It is barbaric and unacceptable that they were taken.”

Today House Republicans are trying to avert a funding crisis of their own making by passing a partisan Republican spending bill they drafted behind closed doors. It cuts $13 billion from programs like low-income housing, agricultural…

After not being in session for so long, one week has got everyone ready to go home.

Mr. Speaker, we have heard some well-intentioned debate from our Republican colleague today, but the fact remains that this week is being wasted on messaging bills that will not become law. All year, Republicans have failed to act on…

It is disappointing but unsurprising that House Republicans have made it their top priority in their new Congress to pass a bill, H.R. 28, designed to generate headlines rather than solve actual problems. Mr. Speaker, I have spoken on the…