Given statistics like those, it surprises me that you want to rescind this rule that protects these people.

Our democracy isn't working the way it should for a majority of Americans, but H.R. 1, the For the People Act, can fix that. This legislation will end partisan gerrymandering by creating independent redistricting commissions, letting the…

Several years ago, I had a conversation with one of my constituents that I think about often. She told me about when she sent her 5-year-old son off to his first week of kindergarten in the Loudoun County Public Schools. He came home from…

I represent Virginia's 10th District, which is just across the Potomac in Northern Virginia, and it has a very high concentration of Federal employees and contractors who were negatively impacted by the shutdown.

The survey found that more than a quarter of them missed a mortgage or rent payment because of the shutdown, 13 percent missed a student loan payment, and nearly half fell behind on their bills in general.

I thank my colleague, Gerry Connolly, for his strong leadership on this issue. I rise in strong support of H. Res. 790 and in strong support of a long-overdue cost-of-living increase for Federal civil servants. Many will remember the…

I thank the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Clay) for yielding me time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Res. 79, which is my resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that government shutdowns are detrimental to the…

My district in Northern Virginia is home to tens of thousands of Federal workers, and even more contractors who work alongside them. I have heard from hundreds of constituents about how the shutdown has turned their lives upside down, like…

Today is payday for Federal workers, but instead of receiving a paycheck, many, including thousands of my constituents, will be going without. I had a visit from a constituent yesterday who is an air traffic controller at Washington Center…

My district lies just outside of Washington, D.C., in northern Virginia, and is home to tens of thousands of Federal workers and contractors. Since I was sworn in on Thursday, I have received hundreds of calls, emails, and social media…