"No youth should be denied the opportunity to go to college; the federal Pell Grant is the federal program that helps low-income students access and succeed in college."
"I ask that the Committee consider examining the federal investment in children and children's programs within the Budget."
"We must invest heavily in the education of our youngest citizens."
"And I am telling you I believe with all my heart that the reason we are not seeing robust recovery right now is consternation over small and medium and big business with regard to these rules and regu..."
"One of the things that I have noted is 105 million Americans have had a lifetime limit on their coverage eliminated, which I find to be quite commendable."
"6.6 million young adults up to the age of 26 now have health insurance through their parent's insurance."
"6.1 million seniors in the donut hole have received savings on their prescription drugs. These savings total $5.7 billion overall and averaged $706 per senior in 2012."
"Instead of focusing on whether a waiver authority is being misused or whether people are misusing their check at a liquor store, it seems to me the fundamental concern ought to be on how we do more to..."
"Part of this strategy should include the President's call for an increase in the minimum wage."
"I feel that there is a tremendous amount of myth that is projected, percolated about the willingness of people and the desire of individuals to work."
"This notion somehow that there are these vast numbers of people who want to live off public help, I think is more myth than reality."
"I think it is a very important one as we attempt to improve the Adoption Incentives Act."