Thank you so much. It is so important to note that 37 percent of the people who receive these benefits have been searching for a job over 6 months, the very people who are going to be affected, 72,000 a week if this House doesn't act. I…

Thank you so much, Representative Waters. Your efforts over the years have been so appreciated by so many, and I hope the House Republican leadership will listen to your pleas and bring this to a vote. It is now my honor to introduce one…

Thank you, Congressman Grijalva, for so articulately outlining the austerity policy of the House Republican leadership and their stunning lack of ability to get anything done to help the 1.3 million people who are out of work and the…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. During our Special Order hour, we want to talk specifically about the need for unemployment insurance but, more broadly, about what we need to do to make sure…

Thank you, Representative Jeffries, and thank you for articulating, I guess, what I have been feeling also for the last year, my lack of hostage-taking skills. I certainly learned some in the last 12 months serving in this body. It is now…

And medicine. Much less labor standards. We know in Vietnam the wage is 28 cents an hour. That is 4 percent of our currently already low minimum wage. To think that somehow we can have fair trade with a country that has 28 cents as minimum…

Thank you again, Representative DeLauro, for your many years of advocacy for the American worker and your continued strong passionate advocacy on behalf of the American worker. Thank you. One of the things that, as we talked about the…

Thank you, Representative Polis from Colorado. Again, you have been an outstanding advocate on behalf of the American worker. And I too did the exact same thing. I looked at sections of this, and my staff weren't allowed; but even more…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to talk about the engine of our economy--the American worker. The American worker is known for their ingenuity, their work ethic, their drive, and their ability to…

Thank you, Representative DeLauro, not only for your long history of standing up for the American worker and trying to get fair trade and not just free trade, but also for really giving a strong explanation about the problem with food…

I think actually your presence here is just saying there are various business models.