Madam Speaker, last week I introduced H.R. 6193, The Foster Youth Financial Security Act. This legislation will prepare foster youth who are transitioning to adulthood to properly manage their finances and provide greater protections of their financial information while they...

Madam Speaker, today I am reintroducing the Federal Employees Responsible Investment Act, which would add a socially responsible investment option to the Thrift Savings Plan.The reckless actions of financial institutions and corporations that contributed to our nation’s recession have provided...

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of Rosa’s Law, which will replace all references of “mental retardation” with the term “intellectual disability” throughout the U.S. Code.I would like to first thank my colleague from New York, Representative Mike McMahon,...

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act.  This bill will supply much needed fiscal relief to Rhode Island, providing $33 million in education funding to prevent hundreds of teacher layoffs, as well as...

Today, many of us have nearly forgotten an era in which it was commonplace for a person to be denied employment because she was blind, or unable to attend a university because he was in a wheelchair.  Yet only a...

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3534, the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act and H.R. 5851, the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act.  Over 100 days ago, millions of gallons of oil...

Chairman Nadler, Ranking Member Sensenbrenner and members of the committee, thank you for providing me the opportunity to offer my testimony as we commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Today, many of us have nearly...

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule for the consideration of H.R. 4213, the Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act.  This bill provides a critical boost to more than 2.5 million Americans across the nation, including 6,000...

Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the conference report to H.R. 4173, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which closes exploited loopholes in our regulation system, puts an end to rewarding reckless investments, and cracks...

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 5175, the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act and I urge my colleagues to support this important bipartisan bill that will improve transparency and accountability in...