Jobs and Economy

As we address our nation’s deteriorating infrastructure and transition to a clean energy economy, we must make meaningful investments in our workforce.

I am extremely concerned by Secretary Acosta’s evasive answers to my questions about workers’ wages.

"The House’s passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act is an important step to address the persistent gender-based wage discrimination that harms women and working families."

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings introduced the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act. The SAFE Lending Act would crack down on some of the worst abuses of the payday lending industry, particularly in online payday lending, and protect consumers from deceptive and predatory practices that strip wealth from working families.