Press Releases

"Our economy is moving forward, but it could be growing at a faster rate if the Republican leadership had taken up and passed some of President Obama’s jobs initiatives, including the American Jobs Act, and had passed the middle income tax cut."

"With the Supreme Court’s decision, marriage equality will finally have its day in the highest court in the land. Americans will hear whether inequality and discrimination are consistent with the high standards and deepest values of our Constitution."

"No matter how many ways Republican governors try to spin it, so-called ‘right to work’ legislation is bad for workers, bad for our economy, and bad for America’s middle class. It has nothing to do with expanding workplace freedom; to the contrary, it serves to weaken the rights and wages of workers."

"It really is something that has to be seen in a really, a more comprehensive way and not just one thing. Not just one thing about raising the age of Medicare."

"We’re all just beaming with pride at the election that just took place in the House Democratic Caucus, where we elected our Chairs, our Ranking Members for the 113th Congress."

"For more than four decades, Congressman Jack Brooks stood tall as an unapologetic champion of his district, a proud Texan, and a legislative master in the U.S. Congress."

"Our caucus looks like America – and so do our Ranking Members."

"The incoming 113th Congress will feature the first majority women and minority Caucus in history – and it is only fitting that women will pay an historic role in leading our committees. With Congresswoman Nita Lowey at the top of the Appropriations Committee and Congresswoman Maxine Waters at the helm of the Financial Services Committee, women have broken another marble ceiling."