Danny Davis

The cries are about employer responsibility regulations, which were designed by the Treasury to help employers transition to the new ACA requirements.

As you have indicated, there is a long history of trade disputes involving sugar and sweetener trade between the U.S. and Mexico.

Can we count on you to oppose any effort to restrict access to adequate supplies of sugar from Mexico?

Thousands of jobs in Chicago are directly related to the availability of sugar at a competitive price.

I trust that when you leave Congress you will always relish the memory of that.

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, let me just thank you on assembling one of the most outstanding panels I think that I have heard testify on this matter.

Are you aware that the Federal Government, based upon your research, has been very instrumental in making these programs work, and work effectively?

I guess the reason I indicated--I said that for all of my life I have been associated--I have lived in low-income communities all of my life, growing up, and, of course, even today.

Supporting young children and families is critical to preventing harm and strengthening children.

This bipartisan effort drew on research and economic status documenting that investing in our youngest citizens yields high returns.

I have been tremendously impressed with all of your testimonies for a number of reasons.

I think that we should reconsider this misguided approach.

I am a big fan of home-visiting programs and community health centers.

Thank you for the Medicaid waiver for Cook County in the State of Illinois.

Our experiences in Illinois with the Affordable Care Act have not been automatic, but our experiences have come as a result of a large number of people believing in the program, believing that it will work, and then working to make sure…

I have advanced similar legislation solutions for years, and am pleased to see the Administration embrace these changes.

I commend the President for his focus on increasing work and opportunity within the budget.

When we get the lead Republican and the lead Democrat on a subcommittee to agree on a bill, that is usually a formula for success.

We need to do more to protect kids like Wendy Coffield, and that is why we are all here today.

I expect the House will act on all of those bills, and I am confident we will be able to get our legislation to the President's desk.

I was pleased to be joined in introducing that bill by my colleague Lloyd Doggett of Texas.

Based on her recommendations and those of other experts, this last week, I introduced legislation to help every State better protect youth in foster care from being victims of sex trafficking.

I have held the position for quite a while that it could and should be used for medicinal purposes.

I think that my State, the State of Illinois, has a shameful record.

It seems to me that talking about reducing hours that people work so that they cannot experience a quality of life that simply becomes desirable to me is not something that we should be encouraging businesses to do in our country.