"That is why I was proud to introduce the Payments Modernization Act in partnership with Representative Chuy Garcia and Senators Warren and Van Hollen."
"Working families should not have to wait days at a time just to access their own hard-earned money."
"This is no longer a question of if, but when and how fast--how this faster payment system will develop."
"My bill requires the Fed to build this system in 3 years, allowing the U.S. to remain competitive."
"It is clear that the current system is insufficient. Small and local banks and small businesses alike do stand to benefit from this proposal."
"I urge the remainder of my colleagues to do the same."
"I am introducing H.R. 4664, the Monitoring and Curbing Abusive Debt Collection Practices Act."
"My bill would prohibit the Director from issuing rules allowing collectors to bombard consumers with unlimited text messages and emails."
"Research has shown that some student-loan borrowers are finding themselves physically ill as a result of the stress and anxiety associated with their loans."
"Nearly half of all wealth grown since 1986, as you well know, has gone to the top 1 percent of our households, while the top 1 percent controls 42 percent of the nation's wealth."
"I am working with some restaurant workers to eliminate the subminimum wage, which in many ways, given who represents that workforce, contributes to the very issue we are discussing today."