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.

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?

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…

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

Under President Obama, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created and tasked with implementing critical protections for the American people. That work continues to be important today, and I urge the CFPB to maintain the…

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

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.

Can we get some kind of more specific timeline that you expect that this very important issue for children who may be hungry at school, notwithstanding the fact that they are under the care of a relative, when this issue might be addressed?