It is finally seeing the United States Congress taking a hard look at the problems facing working families and responding rather than listening to corporate lobbyists, rather than listening to wealthy campaign contributors.

We need to make it easier for workers to join unions, not harder.

Clearly, I think our goal is to create a Nation where the economy works for all people and not just the very few.

I think you will see not only what the values of the parties are, but I think you will also see which economic philosophy actually produces more good for American society

the Democratic proposal is to spread it more evenly with a little bit more focus on the lowest-earning Americans; the Republican philosophy is to concentrate benefits at the top

There is a reason why the rich get richer and so many other people are becoming poorer, and that is not just economic decisions but those are political decisions as well.

Today we are going to be talking about what it means morally and economically when one person in this country, the wealthiest person in the world, Jeff Bezos, has become $77 billion richer during this horrific pandemic.

So, it just continues the cycle of eroding trust and strengthening the Taliban.

last week the Congress passed and tomorrow the President will sign into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which includes $10 billion to respond to COVID-19 internationally. While this is a tiny fraction of the $1.9 trillion in the…

There appears to be a consensus--a bipartisan consensus on the absolute urgency of following through on the recommendations that you make.

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am assuming our colleague on the other side of the aisle can pass a background check, so she will have no inability to have a gun. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan…

You have got to be a genuine person who’s standing up for your own principles.

If the president doesn`t succeed, you`re not going to succeed.

Yes, there is no institute for honesty and competency in government. And Biden has both and his predecessor had neither. So, the numbers, the poll numbers are incredible about this.

The Republican Party is in trouble, because they’re only appealing to their extremist base.

Trump has really realigned the Republican Party. Trump is essentially an authoritarian.

According to one study, under the version of the tax proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT), a typical retirement investor will end up with 8.5 percent less in his or her 401(k) or IRA after a lifetime of savings.

a typical retirement investor will end up with 8.5 percent less in his or her 401(k) or IRA after a lifetime of savings.