I was just appointed the new chair of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight.
We all would agree, I think, that that is especially important.
This budget neutral legislation has a bipartisan companion in the House due to its emphasis on lowering healthcare costs by promoting effici...
Our State of Pennsylvania unfortunately has a third place finish that we did not want to have in terms of heroin abuse.
I think it's important for consumers to have nutrition information for what they're eating.
The one number that I keep coming back to is people who abuse prescription drugs are 19 times more likely to abuse heroin--just stunning.
I guess a related question to what the chairman asked is the concern that I think a number of us have--and I'm sure you share this concern--...
Raising the minimum wage is a step toward reducing income and wealth inequality, which we know and Pope Francis reminds us is the root of al...
In Pennsylvania alone, a minimum wage increase is estimated to raise the pay of over 600,000 women and lift over 127,000 workers out of pove...
By forcing hard working people into the safety net, politicians opposing minimum wage are saying that work should not pay.
It is estimated that a minimum wage increase to $10.10 would add $1 billion in GDP and 3,800 new jobs to Pennsylvania's economy.