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This is wrong. Our tax system should not be creating incentives for bad business practices, and private equity firms should not be able to extract huge dividends while failing to fund employee pensions.
In 2019, I opened a broad investigation of the role of private equity in the economy, and this investigation exposed how the industry is fundamentally broken.
the wealthy get their money in other ways, and mostly the IRS does not get any information, no third-party reporting, to keep them honest.
More than $150 billion a year is lost by these top earners.
this proposal would help unrig our tax system just a little bit, making sure that the wealthy have to pay the taxes they owe, just like everyone else does.
the Democrats are fighting for tax reforms that will help ensure that the very rich and giant corporations start paying their fair share.
Ensuring that there is access to affordable loans or to subsidized interest rates, loan guarantees, or direct subsidies in a targeted way is going to be crucial as we move ahead.
In order to reclaim our title as a world leader in manufacturing, we need historic investments and economic incentives.
Access to loans and other financial instruments at reasonable rates is critical for manufacturing products that are important to our national and economic security.
I think as Members of Congress it is essential that we pass legislation that incentivizes U.S. manufacturing jobs.
However, this is, I think, the best textbook example of how we can engage with the European Union.
Certainly, systemic racial discrimination is widespread in the financial services industry.
It is undermining the faith in whoever wins, whether it is a Democrat or Republican candidate, and that is shameful.
how shameful, how absolutely shameful the conduct that some of my colleagues has been in perpetuating this big lie.
I rise today to express concern about a culture of corruption among top officials at the Federal Reserve. Officials at the Federal Reserve are entrusted to make decisions that affect the global economy and touch the lives of every person…
the same military leaders who have basically been wrong about Afghanistan for nearly 20 years now, wanted to leave troops in Afghanistan but leave them there forever
I agree it is time to have a sanctions policy that does not make it more difficult for the Afghan people to have a chance to rebuild.