"In the 19 months since October 7, 2023, we have seen a rise of antisemitism that has been unprecedented in my lifetime."
"We have grief. We have fear. But we're not surprised at what happened, and we are not going to back down."
"No one’s irreplaceable. People retire, people move on."
"The U.S. is at its best when we lead with our friends and allies, not just looking at the bottom line."
"Today, Haiti is facing one of its greatest challenges since independence. We are witnessing a near collapse of the state."
"the Republican Study Committee's proposal of cutting Social Security by $1.5 trillion puts a burden on those who can least afford it who are depending on Social Security."
"If we raise the retirement age from 67 to 70 on these people, we are literally cutting their expected retirement by fully a third."
"In the American Rescue Plan, we cut child poverty in this country by 50 percent through the child tax cut."
"In the wealthiest country in the world no child in this country should be living in poverty."
"We made the single largest investment in climate change."
"It is unwise and deeply myopic for leaders in the West to believe they can ignore one country's threats and still hope to counter the threats of the other, that these two things are linked."
"There is nothing more important."