we can't have a strong economy without a strong middle class, and we won't have a sustainable economic recovery without ...
Why is it so much to ask for your company and others to look for American workers first and foremost?
The attention that Senator Durbin, I, and others have put on the H-1B program has had an impact already without the legi...
I agree wholeheartedly with President Obama that rebuilding our manufacturing sector is critical to rebuilding the middl...
We can't have a strong economy without a strong middle class.
Americans don't expect to be rich or privileged, but they do expect to be treated fairly and they deserve to have the op...
Access to affordable health care coverage means that middle-class workers are no longer one injury or illness away from ...
For-profit education must work for students, not just for shareholders.
Higher education yields enormous returns, both for students and for our country.
The first and most urgent problem that I see is poor student outcomes.
For-profit students now account for almost half of all the student loan defaults in the country.
It's not default. They've been calling it default to try to stampede people into taking a bad deal here in this Congress...
I look forward to working with my friend and our Ranking Member, Senator Enzi, on a bipartisan basis to advance these go...
Thank you very much for the opportunity today. It's an incredible honor not many people of my age have the chance to tak...
But it's going to take executive leadership, congressional leadership, and everybody needs to understand before we can h...
I urge you to see that message through to ensure that we--to see it repeated in every policy, every agency, and every se...
food and beverage marketing practices geared to children and youth are out of balance with healthful diets and contribut...
As Congress considers reauthorization we need to take a strong look at rooting out waste and abuse in the grant program.