This is a problem that our country is having. We have people dying because they cannot afford their prescription drug prices.

We are just consistently putting profits over people.

I am not about to go back to them and say let's leave it up to the market to determine what the price of your insulin should be.

We have a responsibility to do everything within our power to shape a future in which no child, woman, or man dies from a preventable or treatable disease.

How is the Trump Administration working to ensure that the investments the U.S. has made in Afghanistan...is not lost if we withdraw from the country?

So, our President loves to refer to himself as a great negotiator and a great deal maker. But we have not seen any successful deals on behalf of the American people yet.

But I hope we do not negate the progress that we have helped build in that country and the sacrifices, particularly that our troops have made by pulling out with a plan in place to create and sustain lasting peace.

It would be lovely if everyone had a perfect family. I don't think there is a definition of a perfect family.

I am distressed by some of the comments we have heard today that seem to lay all of this at the feet of the family.

We need to make sure, and I have been a leader on getting that fully funded, make sure that the schools have the resources to support those students.

Unfortunately, that program has not yet been funded.

But the second and the most obvious elephant in the room is the funding for these kinds of programs.

2 days ago, I received an email from a constituent, a professor at a community college in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Many of her students depend on SNAP benefits, and she reached out to me, deeply worried after hearing reports of the…

They get the customer, they determine the service that is going to be provided, they negotiate the price, and they schedule the pick-up, true?

You don't have that ability because you are classified as an independent contractor.

The crisis facing multiemployer pensions is not some faraway event, and it is not about politics or ideology. It is about people's lives and whether they will be able to retire in dignity after a lifetime of hard work--American people. By…

I have grave concerns about the misclassification of your status with XPO Logistics, which happens to have a significant presence in my district in Pennsylvania.

Is there anybody here who disagrees that companies have an economic incentive to classify individuals as independent contractors rather than employees?

There should not be anybody in this room arguing that $7.25 an hour is sufficient for a worker's well-being. When adjusted for inflation, $7.25 is less than the Federal minimum wage of 50 years ago. I support this bill because 98,000…

The Federal Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938 for the explicit purpose of protecting workers from substandard wages. That landmark bill passed the House by a vote of 291-89. By the letter of that law, the minimum standard of living…

As some are aware, today marks the 1-month anniversary of the death of my beloved life partner, Kerry Acker. What most people don't know is that Kerry's death was a suicide. Kerry was 63 years old. He shouldn't have had a care in the…

I stress to you, it is a corporation, not a 501C3 religious institution.

A separation of church and State is enshrined in our Constitution.

It means they can't get contraceptive coverage, right? Other than seeking alternative employment.

This is an issue that I don't believe should be partisan.