Archive: 2014

“So maybe this horrible, heinous crime will give the attention that human trafficking needs in order for us to end it. And so, let us all subscribe to the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls. With that, Mr. Speaker, I thank you again for giving us the opportunity to focus on this despicable action – but to do so prayerfully, hopefully and determined to #BringBackOurGirls.”

“I look forward to meeting with you as you suggested so we can find a way forward that is worthy of the sacrifice of our heroes who lost their lives in Benghazi and their families. I am still hopeful we can reach an agreement. Thank you for your immediate attention.”

“But the fact is that there is an opportunity – and the Senate is handling it so much better in terms of a two-year bill. Our budget – our Members have already voted on R&D tax credits, made permanent, offset by closing special interest loopholes in the law, not increasing the deficit, but including not only the R&D tax credits that we had this morning, but wind and solar for renewables, low income tax credit, Child Tax Credit – tax credits that inject demand into the economy, creating jobs. So in any event, again, a political move to bring that to the floor.”

“With the partnership of the international community, we must continue to work to end the violence and advance the Geneva framework to achieve an inclusive and democratic Syria where Syrians of all backgrounds can live together in peace and prosperity.”

This Mother’s Day blog post by Leader Pelosi appeared on MomsRising describing the Leader’s admiration of her own mother and House Democrats’ plans to help moms everywhere with commonsense policies: paycheck fairness; paid family and sick leave; and affordable, quality child care.

Joining a mounting chorus of Republicans calling for a raise in the minimum wage, this morning former two-time presidential Republican candidate Mitt Romney urged his colleagues to increase the minimum wage. “I…part company with many of the conservatives in my party on… Continue

“It is clear that House Republicans will do anything to divert attention away from their failed leadership and do-nothing record. As they work to feed the most conspiracy-obsessed elements of their base, millions of Americans are languishing thanks to Republicans’ refusal to act on the urgent business before our nation: renewing emergency unemployment insurance, raising the minimum wage, and creating jobs.”

“With a strong, bipartisan vote, the House made a powerful statement today in support of a national museum. Yet it is also time to do more. It is time to acknowledge the contributions of women by empowering them in the workplace with fair pay, paid family and medical leave, and affordable, quality child care. It is time to reaffirm, in word and deed, the fundamental truth: when women succeed, America succeeds.”

There’s one thing you should know about Congressman Trey Gowdy, Tea-Party darling and head of Speaker Boehner’s Select Committee on Benghazi: he has a lot in common with Chairman Darrell Issa. Spoiler alert: Gowdy claimed to have evidence of a Benghazi cover-up… Continue

This week, Speaker Boehner proposed plans for a deeply partisan Select Committee on Benghazi – and Republicans across the country are already fundraising off of it.  Here’s what MSNBC’s Chuck Todd had to say this morning about the latest Republican attempt to… Continue