Frederica Wilson

American workers have greater opportunities today than they have in decades.

we are going to fight for you and the many others who are at risk of losing their pensions due to this crisis.

We must put aside our differences and act on a bipartisan solution to this crisis.

This crisis is one of the most important and urgent issues within our Committee's jurisdiction.

Active workers are in jeopardy of losing their jobs.

If plans fail and the PBGC becomes insolvent, retirees would see their pensions cut by 90 percent or more.

Employers tell us that their pension liabilities are hurting their ability to hire personnel or expand operations.

We need to protect their pensions before it's too late.

What are the policies that can counterbalance that phenomenon?

However, those positive numbers have not translated into higher wages.

Wage stagnation and inequality remain a burden on workers and a drag on the American economy.

The Trump Administration's abandonment of this rule cost low and middle income salaried workers 1.2 billion per year in lost wages.

We need to have a recovery that is led by wages, not a recovery that is led by workers going into debt.

We have not done the job to maintain the minimum wage.

how do we get the wages up?

The tax cut has further exacerbated income inequality.

Quickly, how will the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act affect income inequality?

At this time I would also like to note that the mention of increased wages by Chair Walberg did not adjust for inflation.

Committee Democrats stand ready to pass policies that boost wages and combat income inequality.

Wage stagnation has become worse under this administration.

the tax giveaway to the top 1 percent of American earners and corporations did not lift workers' wages.

workers' wages are not better off under this president.

What is becoming clear from that research is that institutions, in fact, matter.

Workers across the country are not getting a fair share of the wealth they helped create.

I think it is vital that this committee examine the U.S. labor market trends.