I would also like to note the irony of the fact that we are gathered here today in bipartisan support of a socialized insurance program that is designed to help people when the private market fails to protect homeowners.

I just can't resist commenting on the earlier question which does, I can confirm, happen at every hearing: socialism or capitalism.

I believe that Congress passing this bill will continue that conversation.

Congress has done something wrong. And we have a debt to society, because the war on drugs is widely recognized as a horrific and non-evidence-based policy.

Representative Ocasio-Cortez, the New York legislature did the same.

I think that we should also be expanding this conversation so that we are not just allowing or creating opportunities for the formerly incarcerated to have only minimum wage jobs.

Banning the box is not legislation to end racism in America.

In New York City, funding through the New Starts program is absolutely vital for extending the Second Avenue subway.

Madam Speaker, I would like to take this time to honor a great man and even better friend, Mr. Dan Jenkins, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 90. Many of us know Mr. Jenkins as a sports and literary icon. He wrote for ``The…

the Trump administration released a budget that will divest the Federal Government from infrastructure.

the administration had the gall to say that a major project of regional and national significance... is a State issue.

I believe that an empty threat is not a threat at all.

I think there is a consensus that Maduro is a dictator.

the Trump budget, again, calls for eliminating capital improvement grants.

What can we do to make it better? What can we do to make it stronger?

This is not a giveaway. This is the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. People pay during their working years this retirement account from which they should expect reasonably to be able to take advantage of it.

Thank you for your leadership on this initiative again and I appreciate the ranking member's willingness to work in a cooperative manner toward the goal of preserving what we all want to preserve.

Based on the facts, you know, Social Security benefits are spent. So for every dollar that you provide for Social Security benefits, you get $1.50 in economic output.