I feel incredibly strongly that combating the scourge of human trafficking particularly among children but all of human trafficking should never become a partisan issue.

I think this kind of hearing sheds light on where a lot of that foreign aid is going.

In my district anyway, we have a terrible crisis. As I often say, sometime in the early 1960's we stopped having the situation where one parent stayed home with the kids.

I would commend your attention, the New Dignity Act, which is a bipartisan bill, which actually would take care of some of the issues that we are talking about here today.

when you get a coalition like that, maybe we in Congress should actually pay attention and come up with a comprehensive immigration reform plan.

I believe I just heard one of the witnesses say that we now have corporate America aligned with progressives on this issue.

I am not suggesting that we bring immigrants here to work and then we pay them substandard wages.

I rise to strongly support Representative Manning's legislation, the 'Securing Global Telecommunications Act.'

It is past time that the United States develop a strategy to combat these companies and develop a plan to lead on next generation telecom technologies.

This week, horrific anti-Semitic flyers were distributed across my district in Pennsylvania. I heard from friends and neighbors who found flyers in their front yards or in their driveways. These hateful flyers were found in some cases by…

There has been a lot of discussion for decades now about pharmaceutical prices generally, but recently the even more common subject of discussion is shortages of medications.

I also--and then I just want to switch gears to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, otherwise known as LIHEAP...

I worry that we lose many great candidates for public office who simply see this kind of thing on television.

When there is abuse of the independent contractor classification, it is actually to the detriment of American workers.

When I was running to serve in this place back in 2018, I distinctly remember a telephone call that I got from a sitting Member of Congress right before the July Fourth holiday. He said to me: ``Are you ready to take a job where holidays…

As we stare down a completely manufactured economic crisis, I sure hope we can come together to avoid a default, but the proposal from the far-right wing of the GOP, one that holds our economy hostage to enact extreme budget cuts, would…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome to all of you. I think it's appropriate that we have this hearing on the week, that National Missing Children's Day occurs this Thursday.

This week, National Police Week, is a special time to recognize the courage and sacrifice of police officers in my district and across the country. Police chiefs have shared their challenges with me, from difficulties with recruitment and…

I am proud today to recognize the outstanding Anna Liable from Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Anna will graduate this year from Lehighton Area High School, in addition to receiving an associate degree in communications from Lehigh Carbon…

I would suggest that people's time could be used much more productively if they got involved in their children's schools, which is very much needed.

I feel as though your job, and the job of our educators has been made much harder than it should be.

I really want to see those doors open to everybody as much as possible.

As Teacher Appreciation Week draws to a close, I am thrilled to recognize one of the many educators who has made an incredible impact on the lives of kids in my community: Mr. Mark Lavine from the Panther Valley School District. A sixth…

Well, it seems incredibly obvious that we need to make it a statutory requirement.

I think that is a really important first step, and I am glad you brought that to our attention.