"Had we not acted, these pensions would have failed, workers and retirees-from truckers to bricklayers-would have lost nearly everything they had worked to save."
"Simply put-even in the face of rising interest rates-Americans are back to work and businesses are thriving, thanks to the Biden-Harris administration's economic agenda."
"At a minimum, we shouldn't go backward and return to the failed Republican policies that mishandled the COVID-19 pandemic."
"By threatening to default on our Nation's debt, congressional Republicans are gambling with our fragile economic recovery."
"That's why I reintroduced the bipartisan, bicameral Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act alongside 200 members of the House and Senate."
"Unions are essential for building a strong middle class and improving the lives of our workers and families."
"So, I am hopeful that all of our colleagues will join us in rejecting failed policies of the past, putting people over politics, and delivering solutions that actually help workers and employers succe..."
"It's a security crisis. It's an economic crisis."
"If we continue to rack up our debt--because as you know, Congresswoman, we're up to--we're headed to 50 trillion dollars in debt in less than 10 years."
"the approaching default, in terms of the full faith and credit of our paper."
"If we're talking about, you know, protecting the currency of this country, which is a very valid concern because China would like to take over as the dominant currency, allowing this country to sleepw..."
"Using the lever of default as a way of basically, you know, putting this country at gunpoint, in terms of having to adopt policies that fall outside the appropriations process and the authorizing proc..."