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Press Release :
I was sad to learn that my friend Rep. Pete Visclosky, with whom I served for thirty-four years, will retire from the House at the end of the 116th Congress.
Issue Report :
House Democrats have been hard at work since day one of the Majority, delivering on our For the People agenda. We’ve passed legislation to lower health care and prescription drug costs, raise wages, expand opportunity, tackle corruption in Washington, and protect Americans.
Press Release :
Efforts by some Republican Members of Congress to ‘out’ the whistleblower who revealed President Trump’s abuse of power are a blatant attempt at witness intimidation.
Press Release :
By officially withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, President Trump is placing Americans’ health, our environment, and our nation’s economic competitiveness at risk.
Press Release :
I think every Member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, ought to vote not [with] their party, not their partisanship, but [for] the Constitution and [for] the protection of the Constitution.
Leader's Report :
This week, the House voted on the Protect Against Conflict by Turkey (PACT) Act, a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on Turkey for its invasion of Northern Syria and displacement of our Kurdish allies.
Press Release :
U.S. economic growth slowed again in the third quarter, down to an annualized pace of just 1.9 percent… 1.9 percent is a far cry from the ‘4 percent, 5 percent and even 6 percent’ growth rates that Trump once promised to deliver.
Press Release :
This morning’s jobs report for October again shows an economy struggling to overcome the effects of President Trump’s trade wars and Republican policies of disinvestment in opportunity for working people in our country.
Press Release :
Today marks the start of open enrollment period for 2020, when Americans can log on to www.healthcare.gov to shop for quality, affordable health insurance plans that for the year ahead.
Speech :
Today is a serious day. Last night was an extraordinary night. I rise for the millions of people who live in the Washington Metropolitan Area to congratulate and to exalt with all of our region on the extraordinary achievement of the Washington Nationals.