As he prepares to retire as CEO after four decades, I rise to recognize a constituent of mine, Chris Martin, for his leadership of Martin Guitars, an exceptional business in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, that has been a source of pride in my…

Shortly after I came to Congress, I learned through the grapevine that a couple of my staff members wanted nothing more than to meet the great John Lewis in person. So with some trepidation, and very cognizant of the demands on his time, I…

I think it is vital that we engage parents and families in the conversation on how to best and most safely reopen the schools.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I rise in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, which builds upon the achievements of the ACA, including its coverage of an additional 20 million people. I am glad to see…

As the representative of Pennsylvania's Seventh district, just 1\1/2\ hours from New York City, I have a unique perspective on this crisis. The two world-class hospital networks in my community, the Lehigh Valley Health Network and St…

I can't understand how anyone could continue to argue that paid sick is unnecessary or a luxury that this country can't afford.

Most small employers, 73 percent, offer PTO to the majority of their full-time employees.

If a business can afford to offer paid leave, it is a great benefit.

I don't think that 7 days of paid sick leave is at all generous.

We have ended up funding dividends to shareholders and increased executive pay and we haven't seen that money going back into the workers' pockets.

What you are going to have is that people are going to stay away from that small deli because they are going to think, well, I don't know if their employees are going to work sick or not.

If we don't have a one-size-fits-all employers standard for paid sick leave in this country, how do we reassure the public in times like these?

I think that is our job in Congress and would agree with my colleague, Ms. Omar, who just talked about our responsibility to workers.

I am deeply concerned that we are the only highly developed country without a paid sick leave policy.

Sometimes lost in this era of hyper partisanship is the good work that Democrats and Republicans do in this Foreign Affairs Committee every day.

As we mark Public Schools Week, I want to recognize the extraordinary educators across my community and our country. In spite of deep, systemic inequities we face in funding for our public schools and this administration's proposed further…

I reject the notion that most employees who avail themselves of FMLA are acting in bad faith.

In a country that touts the importance of family values, I am consistently amazed at how unfamily friendly our laws are.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: On page 32, line 8, redesignate section 5 as section 6. On page 32, after line 7, insert the following…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Pennsylvania will be postponed. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Allen The Acting CHAIR. It…

We have to make sure that our workplaces are safer and that workplace accommodations for pregnant women and new moms are made.

I feel as though in a country where we say that we value family values so much, that we often miss the boat when it comes to policies and accommodations and efforts that need to be made to truly promote family values.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of this bill, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. Older workers who bring suit for age discrimination are often ostracized at their…

I am not sure that my colleague and friend from Pennsylvania has read the same bill that I did that we are voting on tonight. This bill, the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, has nothing to do with truck drivers, and it…

I am proud to speak in support of H.R. 4864, the Global Child Thrive Act of 2019.