Is there any logic to saying that we should keep homeownership, single-family homeownership, on the plate of middle class Americans?

My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of their brow pay a higher marginal rate than do millionaires getting a return on their already existing investments?

It's estimated that, by the end of this decade, the hedge funds will own some 40 percent of the single-family rental houses in America.

Is there a reasonable argument to say that, in terms of equity, under how we approach the opportunity and the stake in our society for ordinary working Americans, hedge funds shouldn't be in the single-family housing market?

My father, the mechanic, would ask the question, why is it that working people who earn their income by the sweat of their brow pay a higher marginal rate than do millionaires getting a return on their already existing investments?

the extension of the kinds of policies that President Trump enacted would, I believe, be not only bad for the typical American, but be bad for our overall economy.

President Trump made recently when he told some of the country's wealthiest political donors they should increase their donations from $2 to $3 million to $25 or to $50 million in support of his election, because his tax policies would…

House Democrats have collectively shown an impenetrable commitment to the people of sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti.

But reauthorizing the programs without improving them is a missed opportunity.

I can speak confidently for House Democrats when I say we are firmly committed to reauthorization of AGOA and HOPE before their expiration next year.

it's hugely irresponsible for us to just say we can try to fix the insurance market, and fail to address the underlying causes

it's hugely irresponsible for us to just say we can try to fix the insurance market, and fail to address the underlying causes

This is going to be an ongoing kind of process between, you know, sources and methods--got to be secret--and public law so people can sit in a coffee shop and figure out what in the world is going on back here.

I think the laws have got to be public, and that means basically someone ought to be able to sit in a coffee shop somewhere and read a public law because that's what our system depends on.

This is going to be an ongoing kind of process between, you know, sources and methods--got to be secret--and public law so people can sit in a coffee shop and figure out what in the world is going on back here.

I think the laws have got to be public, and that means basically someone ought to be able to sit in a coffee shop somewhere and read a public law because that's what our system depends on.

Is it responsible for Congress to say we're going to ignore the enormous damage that climate change is doing across our country?

Is it responsible for Congress to say we're going to ignore the enormous damage that climate change is doing across our country?