Occupation: U.S. Representative Birth: March 2, 1943
Evening the playing field for women workers is a matter of fairness and with women now providing a significant share of their family's income, it is ….
Expanding eligibility of family planning services to low-income women will maximize cost-savings to both federal and state governments, reduce the di….
The Texas Energy Office's Loan Star Program has reduced building energy consumption and taxpayers' energy costs through the efficient operation of pu….
Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, brain and spinal cord disorders, diabetes, cancer, at least 58 diseases could potentially be cured through stem cell resear….
The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter….
Workplaces need to respond to the reality of family life in the 21st century, and allowing employees to have seven sick days a year is a bare minimum….
Democrats believe we should renew our commitment to creating tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and inve….
The fact is that Democrats are not for tax cuts..
The State Energy Program, it provides grants to States and directs funding to State energy offices. The States use these grants to address their ener….
The best proof of the high quality of American beef is the continued negative BSE findings supported by the highest surveillance possible. The admini….
President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that ….
American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness, patrio….
Those most likely to be raped or sexually assaulted are young women between the ages of 16 and 24, women with their whole lives ahead of them. This o….
With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure parents have some pe….
I believe that the issue of mental health services for our troops deploying or returning from combat is one that demands the attention of this body, ….
The moral issue here is whether the United States Congress is going to stand in the way of science and preclude scientists from doing lifesaving rese….