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JEC report finds that manufacturing sector began to rebound in 2010, adding jobs for six consecutive months.
Today marks the 45th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid—two essential programs that have brought better health, security, and peace of mind to generations of seniors and families in need.
According to the Department of Commerce, new home sales surged in June.
Today we learned that the U.S. economy grew by 2.4% between the months of April and June—meaning that our economy has consistently grown every quarter for a year.
Today marks the 45th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid, two programs Democrats have long supported.
Today the House passed two important bills to hold oil companies accountable in the wake of the devastating Gulf Coast oil spill.
This evening, the House took an important vote on a bill to spur the creation of American jobs.
Today, the House passed the Consolidated Land, Energy and Aquatic Resources Act and the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act, two bills that will address the problems associated with the Gulf oil spill.
Americans have always looked to our manufacturing sector as a source of economic vitality—and as a source of pride.
For 75 years, Social Security has been more than a retirement program: it has meant dignity, security, and peace of mind for generations of our seniors.
I applaud the House for passing the Fair Sentencing Act by voice vote, making our federal drug sentencing policies fairer and more rational.
I'm disappointed that Republicans once again put corporate interests ahead of the American people's interest, and blocked consideration of the DISCLOSE Act.
I am pleased that my colleagues supported the Fiscal Year 2010 emergency supplemental, sending it to President Obama for his signature.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and Reps. James Langevin (D-R.I.) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) will meet with President Barack Obama on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
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—an era in which people with disabilities were second-class citizens.
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—an era in which people with disabilities were second-class citizens.
Twenty years ago today, the Americans with Disabilities Act strengthened our country's core value of equal opportunity.
