Seth Harris: “They are not asking for a handout. They merely ask for an honest day's pay in return for an honest day's work.”

It is possible--and, in fact, imperative--that we make these investments at the same time that we allocate resources responsibly and make tough choices to live within our means.

More must be done to protect the economic security of working families when illness strikes.

We need to skill workers up so that they can compete for those high-wage, high-skill jobs, but that is difficult for a lot of workers.

I think, frankly, that it is a failure of political will. It is really incumbent upon Congress to provide those resources.