I thank the gentleman from Michigan for his hard work on the Education and Labor Committee and for his strong support for working men and women in Michigan and across the country. I rise today in honor of Richard Trumka, the late AFL-CIO…

I believe I have the right to close. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I include in the Record a letter from the family violence prevention working group, a coalition of national organizations working on domestic violence issues. September 20, 2021. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, House of…

I include in the Record a Statement of Administration Policy in support of the legislation. Statement of Administration Policy H.R. 2119--Family Violence Prevention and Services Improvement Act of 2021--Rep. McBath, D-GA, and 83 cosponsors…

I urge support of the legislation and I reserve the balance of my time.

I include in the Record letters in support of the bill from the AFSCME and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC, October 21, 2021. House of…

Transportation workers all have safety-sensitive jobs that they cannot, and should not, be expected to perform while under the threat of physical violence.

Disappointingly, the provision was disallowed by the Senate Parliamentarian.

We thank Chairman Scott and Rep. Mrvan for their leadership and encourage support of the legislation.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding and, more importantly, I thank her for her leadership of the Congressional Black Caucus and her leadership on the Committee on Financial Services. Madam Speaker, we are slowly recovering from the…

I urge my colleagues to support the resolution, and I reserve the balance of my time.

We cannot allow employers to drag out the conciliation process rather than be held accountable for violating workers' civil rights. As I said at the beginning of this debate, justice delayed is justice denied. That is why I urge my…

I would like to state that these two amendments would improve the bill. The one from Mr. Brown would give information that is already being provided now, but this would just make sure it continues. It is being provided on a voluntary…

Making cases more difficult to prove contradicts our responsibility to support older workers who have been vulnerable to workplace discrimination. In fact, more than half of older workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose…

I include in the Record a letter from the AARP, which says, in part, ``Older workers are valuable assets to their employers and the economy. Despite that, 78 percent of older workers reported having seen or experienced age discrimination…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for his hard work on this amendment and on the bill itself. He has been a leader on helping older workers avoid discrimination. This amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois and cosponsored by…

We can't allow that to continue to happen.

We need to move to a you know school meals for all platform because that will eliminate that.

The question on the participation of faith-based organizations participating in major labor programs is not whether they can participate, but how they participate.

So I would hope that you would be strong on that and not allow people to run State and federally funded programs and discriminate against people based on religion.

We're transitioning like Boston, San Francisco Bay area, very progressive environmentally.

The No. 1 concern in Utah is as reflected in our numbers showing us that our government using revenue generated from our taxes is now paying small business employees $17.00 an hour to stay at home and not work in businesses that can only…

Well we have a letter pending, and we expect answers to letters that we send.

I'm just a huge, a huge proponent of registered apprenticeships.

The good news is these are great paying jobs.