It is hard to understand where this notion of deficit reduction is something that only that other side of the aisle cares about.

I think we have got to deal with the debt, and I think we have to do that in a responsible and balance way.

Today, April 9, is Equal Pay Day, the day on the calendar that marks more than 3 months into 2013 when women's wages finally catch up to what men earned in 2012. Nearly a half century after the passage of the Equal Pay Act, women continue…

More than 4 months have passed since our country reelected President Obama and embraced his plans to keep moving our country forward. But right now, Republicans are offering a budget proposal that includes many of the same ideas that…

I thank the ranking member for yielding and thank him for his extraordinary leadership. Mr. Chairman, budgets should reflect our priorities and our values. It should protect American families by investing in education, infrastructure…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. I rise today in strong opposition to the so-called SKILLS Act, H.R. 803, a bill that would fail to live up to our responsibility to job seekers, businesses, and working men and women…

Yesterday I visited Core Composites, a company located in Bristol in my home State of Rhode Island. Because of sequestration, this small business has been notified that funding for a government contract will be reduced by hundreds of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, 2 weeks ago, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a strong, bipartisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to extend much-needed protections to all women of domestic violence…

There's no doubt that we need to reduce the size of our deficit, but we have to do it in a responsible way and a way that protects American families. We need to do it in a balanced, forward-thinking way that protects our fragile recovery…

I am certain that if everyone in the world had the opportunity to just hear the testimony of these five witnesses it would mark significant progress in our efforts to eradicate anti-Semitism.

Fostering religious understanding and combating anti-Semitism is a critical and very important challenge.

I thank the gentlelady from California for yielding, and also for organizing this conversation about the dangers of gun violence and our responsibility to reduce gun violence in communities all across this country. I want to also…