A recent analysis of American tax revenues revealed that in 2010, as our country was recovering from the Great Recession, 93 percent of new income went to the top 1 percent of earners. That's $288 billion more exclusively for the 1…

Rush Limbaugh's appalling attack on Georgetown student Sandra Fluke is no isolated incident, but part of a broader GOP assault on women's health. Republicans have ushered in Women's History Month with legislation to allow employers and…

It's been more than 2 years since the Supreme Court rendered its Citizens United decision, and American politics is becoming more corrupt by the dollar. Election season is flooded with special-interest money, confirming the deep skepticism…

10 years is hard to predict, 20 years is impossible, 40 years is ridiculous.

if you are not going to raise revenues by allowing the effective tax rates to rise modestly for the top 2 percent of Americans, who are you going to ask to pay more taxes, or whose benefits are you going to cut?

There's no question that our economy is recovering. The private sector has added jobs for 23 straight months, putting 3.7 million Americans workers back on the job. Last week, in my district, GE opened its first new manufacturing facility…

I want to first of all congratulate you on what I think is the clearest articulation of our short-term economic needs and our long-term challenges that I have yet heard.

You know, we've heard for many years now from the other side the notion that government is the source of all of our problems, government never does anything right, it ought to stop regulating and get out of the way of a very free and open…

I was very pleased last night to hear President Obama talk about the defining issue of our time, the great economic disparity that we face in this society and the need to have a fair taxation system. Of course, what is fair is in the eye…

I thank my good friend. Madam Speaker, I understand the Republican majority will vote today against the President's request to raise the debt limit. To borrow a phrase from the former Speaker of the House, can we please drop the pious…

Muhammad Ali's contributions to the world continue to transcend his achievements in the boxing ring. Although he won three heavyweight championships, Muhammad has never believed in resolving differences through conflict. He is a man of…

The Republican plan to extend the payroll tax is deeply flawed in many ways, but perhaps the most egregious are the fundamental changes it would make to some of our Nation's core institutions without any discussion or debate. It would cut…