Representing the 12th District of California
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The Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act expands the current program – known in California as Healthy Families or Healthy Kids – to cover an additional four million children over the current roster of 7 million.
Similar bills were passed in the last Congress, ...continue reading »
Both bills passed the House previously, in 2008, but stalled in the Senate. “Talk about change we can believe in!” Speier said. “These two bills restore basic rights and fundamental fairness to working women. Support for the bills has grown considerably in the House while over in the Senate, we benefit from many of the opponents having retired – whether voluntarily or with the help of voters.”
Lilly Ledbetter worked for nearly two decades at a ...continue reading »
As we enter the new year, I think we all agree that our nation is faced with many daunting challenges. Our economy is reeling from a record number of home foreclosures, years of regulatory neglect and a complete lack of oversight of Wall Street and financial institutions. Our brave men and women in the armed forces are engaged ...continue reading »
Fund the GAO for more accountability
On Wednesday, January 14, I sat down with two officials from the Government Accounting Office (GAO), Gene Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General and Ralph Dawn, Managing Director of Congressional Relations.
You may be asking, “Why would anyone care about the...(more)