Mark DeSaulnier

Today unions continue to organize and bargain for better working conditions for both union and non-union working Americans.

I prefer just to get a raise, a wage increase. The ACA is trying to address that, and I would not say it is a finished product by any stretch of the imagination, so hopefully we can work on it together.

This is the direct result of the key steps Democrats took to expand and protect access to affordable, high-quality health care coverage.

We can work together to strengthen the ACA and close the Medicaid coverage gap, which would help millions of people access subsidized coverage.

Today, more Americans are covered and have better health care protections than ever before.

As a survivor of cancer, I do not care what registration or ideology my doctor is, as long as he keeps me alive.

I hope you can tell from my comments, although I strongly disagree with many of your perspectives, I think there is an opportunity here to accomplish some real good for the American public.

I hope we can work together in good faith to deliver on our commitment that we mutually agree that extraordinary health care, and the idea of American exceptionalism, is something we should all expect for all Americans.

We can increase transparency in our health care system and take a careful look at business practices that lead to higher prices and provider consolidation.

Today, more Americans are covered, and have better health care protections, than ever before.

Instead of going backward, we should be focusing on expanding quality health coverage for all Americans, workers and families, employers, and their employees.

Instead of going backwards, we should be focusing on expanding quality health coverage for all Americans, workers, families, employers and their employees.

This is a direct result of the key steps Democrats took to expand and protect access to affordable high-quality health care coverage.

Thanks to this milestone achievement, insurers could no longer deny people coverage for pre-existing conditions.

I agree with him about American exceptionalism and can-do spirit, but I also believe Americans can learn from others.

Reauthorization is a wonderful opportunity to look at all that we have done successfully, but also changing times...

It doesn't serve that return on investment in the long term to risk safety.

I would suggest this is one of those instances where Texas and California have more, practically speaking, on the infrastructure rollout in common, rather than a lot of the politics we talk about that seem to divide us.

only a fool would try to stop an American man or woman from attempting to organize if they choose.

I don't see these as mutually exclusive.

I represent a district in northern California in the bay area that is transitioning. We have got five oil refineries. Chevron is headquartered there.

the laws impact the way people purchase and use guns, and we need to, as a responsible society, take that into account.

The Economic Cost of Gun Violence--$557 billion annually, comparable to 2.6 percent of U.S. gross domestic product.

The Bay Area is home to the highest concentration of megacommuters in the country.

I was very, very happy that a bill that's a priority of mine was incorporated into the infrastructure bill, the Clean Corridors bill, to provide this infrastructure.