"I would also note that we are spending about a half a billion dollars a year to secure the border of the United States in Texas because this body failed to secure the border."
"As a Congress, we have a responsibility to support policies that give all hardworking Americans the opportunity to succeed no matter where they started out."
"In the past 20 years, 84 percent of the growth in the American economy went to the top 1 percent."
"We just gave away a massive tax cut to American corporations. That did not happen."
"The Trump Administration and the corporate tax cut has added $3 trillion to the national debt."
"It seems to me that the way to deal with income inequality is through tax policy."
"the current policies are detrimental to the nation's economic growth and to the American middle class"
"Rising economic activity lifts all boats, and what did he do to get there? He cut taxes."
"We have workers who made some sacrifices to save their company when GM was on the verge of going bankrupt."
"I do not have a lot of time left."
"I also want to commend Congresswoman Lee who has been a champion on addressing these issues of income inequality and poverty."
"We are going to wake up 20 years from now and we are not going to be the 19th best educated out of 28 advanced countries."