"I would also ask that this committee consider fully funding and restoring cuts to the Workforce Investment Act because there are many jobs right now in this country that go unfilled because we need pe..."
"I ask this committee to use part of that money to help forgive certain student loans on millions of Americans who are struggling with student loan debt."
"the choices that a family, a business, or a government makes when crafting a budget, says everything about where their priorities lie."
"Deficits were not an accident or unexpected like an earthquake or a tornado."
"The choices we make as a Congress can either right these past wrongs or double down on the current path with inequality."
"To address the nearly 13 million Americans who are still out of work, I have introduced the emergency jobs to restore the American Dream Act."
"it seems to me that we ought to stop paying companies for leaving the United States of America with tax advantages."
"We should stop paying companies for leaving the United States of America with tax advantages and give those same tax breaks to companies that make in America."
"We must protect the earned benefits in Social Security and Medicare, and ensure programs like Medicaid stay strong--not cut them in order to maintain tax breaks for the richest Americans."
"The push for across-the-board cuts is misguided."
"These cuts represent losses to overall manpower."
"This budget puts significant limitations on our military hardware."