Again, it is really just a question of who is got the lines of authority on the Federal Government side...

I mean based on what your data shows, this has been a win/win for the taxpayer.

I specifically commend your Department's work to fight wage theft when employers fail to compensate workers for the wages they have earned.

Maybe Congress ought to take a look at providing you with that authority and with the resources, as well.

I encourage my colleagues to vote for it, as I will.

We have an enormous responsibility to deliver for the students in a system that should be our country's great equalizer.

This is wage theft, plain and simple.

Last year, House Republicans proposed a destructive cut of $4.7 billion to the Department of Labor.

The Department is committed to combating illegal child labor because we cannot build our economy on the backs of children.

This budget is about making responsible choices together to invest in that foundation for American opportunity and raise the bar for our Nation's future.

I think the fundamental question here that we are asking is where has all this wealth gone that has been gathered in this economy from these massive increases in productivity if it hasn't been going to workers.

For the first time last year, the majority of wealth for new billionaires... came not from their work, but through inheritance.

For the first time last year, the majority of wealth for new billionaires... came not from their work, but through inheritance.

If Government is going to invest in business the trillions of dollars we invest in business, that our taxpayer dollars invest in business, that should--those benefits should be going to working class people, not just strictly business.

I think the fundamental question here that we are asking is where has all this wealth gone that has been gathered in this economy from these massive increases in productivity if it hasn't been going to workers.

A lot of that money is going to trust funds. A lot of that money is going into inherited wealth.

A lot of that money is going to trust funds. A lot of that money is going into inherited wealth.

If Government is going to invest in business the trillions of dollars we invest in business, that our taxpayer dollars invest in business, that should--those benefits should be going to working class people, not just strictly business.