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Custodian Juan Franco strips and waxes floors at St. Paul of the Cross School on Aug. 5, 2020, in Park Ridge. Workers and staff were focused on completing safety measures in order to welcome back 620 students this fall.

Commentary: Private, Catholic and other faith-based schools need help through pandemic too

September 9, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

As a former teacher, I was proud to support the CARES Act, which provided billions of dollars to help K-12 students across the country in response to COVID-19. But the...

The U.S. Capitol dome is seen in the distance on the National Mall in Washington as a sprinkler waters the grass near the base of the Washington Monument on May 31, 2020.

Commentary: As we provide COVID-19 relief, we also need a plan to control the federal debt

July 29, 2020 at 2:58 p.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a terrible human toll and created a steep, severe economic slowdown. Our first priority must continue to be combating these dual public health and economic...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the press as the Senate returns into session at the Capitol in Washington on May 4, 2020.

Commentary: Rep. Dan Lipinski: Congress must adapt, allow remote meeting tools to ensure full participation in lawmaking

May 5, 2020 at 11:56 a.m.

More than 69,000 Americans have died, more than 30 million Americans are unemployed, and there is no end in sight. As the COVID-19 crisis goes on, most of Congress has...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, fields questions about an impeachment trial in the Senate after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced House Democrats are pushing ahead with formal charges at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 10, 2019.

Commentary: Rep. Dan Lipinski: Why I will vote to impeach President Trump

December 16, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

Congress' extreme partisan polarization has been very harmful to our country. We have gridlocked Washington and failed to address the most important issues Americans face including the skyrocketing cost of...

A woman with Type 2 diabetes prepares to inject herself with insulin at her home in Las Vegas on April 18, 2017. The skyrocketing price of insulin has some diabetics scrambling to cover the cost of the life-saving medication.

Commentary: It’s time for Congress to authorize price transparency for prescription drugs

July 12, 2019 at 9:56 a.m.

This week, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta derailed an attempt to fight the high cost of prescription drugs when he blocked a Trump administration regulation that would require pharmaceutical companies...

Want to end Washington gridlock? Adopt new House rules

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

“I'm just a bill. Yes, I'm only a bill. And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.” Remember the 1975 Schoolhouse Rock! video, “I’m Just a Bill?” When I was teaching...

Cargo containers wait to be transported on a ship at a port in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province, on August 8, 2016.

TPP more likely to harm than help American workers

May 11, 2019 at 3:32 a.m.

President Barack Obama has told Americans that the Trans-Pacific Partnership would grow American jobs as trade barriers are removed and exports to foreign countries increase. The same promises were made...

President Barack Obama spoke about the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pacts which include the U.S. in a trade agreement with 11 other nations.

Stop fast-track trade agreement bill in its tracks

August 21, 2019 at 5:39 p.m.

President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders are trying to pass a bill granting the president the authority to fast-track trade agreements through Congress. If passed, Congress would be forced...

For kids’ sake, TV must go a la carte

August 21, 2021 at 3:16 p.m.

With the click of their remote controls, television viewers today can access some of the best programming ever produced. But as any viewer knows, networks also are offering some of...

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