It seems clear to me that noncompete agreements hurt workers, especially low-income workers.

I look forward to working with you on the licensure issue also hope that the example of California that bans noncompetes in its entirety might also inform our work together.

I want to reassure the gentleman that I am working very closely with the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee to be sure that our colleagues who have not had the benefit of the 16-month study that we conducted...

I do want to ask unanimous consent to place into the record a Fortune Magazine article to respond to Mr. Jordan's representations that is entitled, 'Trump to Leave Office With the Worst Job Record Since Herbert Hoover.'

She underscores that this will change and that under her leadership the agency will scrutinize mergers that lessen competition in labor markets and restraints in worker pay and mobility may violate the law.

Thank you, Professor Posner. Although you're not in the room, I want you to know you're here in spirit because I have your book.

The proposal that's before the Congress will actually cut your taxes because you have four children, provide lower costs of healthcare, prescription drugs, paid family leave, and a number of other--childcare, et cetera.

These problems must be addressed with lasting solutions like guaranteeing equal pay for equal work, prohibiting forced arbitration agreements in employment contracts, establishing a living wage, stopping worker misclassification, and…

I think that it would be more receptive to claims by workers against employers.

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title LX, insert the following: SEC. 60___. RESOLUTION OF CONTROVERSIES UNDER…

May I inquire how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Rhode Island has 15 seconds remaining.

When my friend said that the arbitration generally works, he is right, it generally works for big, powerful corporations, employers, financial institutions, but it doesn't work for servicemen and women who are serving our country in the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, it is a great honor to be part of this Special Order hour, and I thank Chairman Takano, who is not only a leader in the Equality Caucus but also chair of the Veterans' Affairs Committee…

As a candidate, President Biden promised to end the war in Afghanistan, and he kept his word.

It is important, in my view, that we take steps to ensure that those who would be subjected to violence or worse because of their sexual orientation or gender identity are safe.

my home State of Rhode Island was home to the Nation's first offshore wind farm, helping to really diversify Rhode Island's energy grid and providing Rhode Islanders with clean and reliable electricity.

I hope you will be able to follow the example that Rhode Island set in the way to balance the importance of renewable energy and wind with protecting the rights of our fishing industry to continue to thrive.

Before closing, I want to recognize the leadership of Chair Nadler, who has pushed tirelessly to safeguard and advance the rights of workers, students, and consumers in the bankruptcy system.

The powerful are exploiting the Chapter 11 bankruptcy process. Bankruptcy law is complicated, but their playbook is simple.

To let the Sacklers get off scot-free with a few billion-dollar payment that is less than five percent on their money every single year is not just, and it is not fair.

What we need is for the Sacklers to face that loss, to face those families, to hear those stories, and to see the suffering that they have caused and then for them to individually pay the price.

This must end. We cannot allow this complete and total misuse of the bankruptcy system to escape the reckoning that the law must provide.

That is why today I was proud to introduce, along with Senator Warren, Senator Durbin, Chair Maloney, and Chair Cicilline, the Non-Debtor Release Prohibition Act of 2021.

The fossil fuel companies make their billions by polluting air and water, degrading land and emitting the greenhouse gases that fuel the climate crisis.

The bankruptcy system is supposed to work for everyone, but in many cases, it works only for the powerful.