We have to make sure--and obviously COVID has shown the ability of the facilities to recruit and retain quality staff is a challenge.

For years, reports have highlighted that private equity owned facilities provide worse care than other nursing homes.

When the coronavirus hit, nursing homes were ground zero. Today, at least 34,000 nursing home residents and 1,600 staff members have died of COVID-19.

Private equity-owned facilities generally 'deliver poorer quality of care' than other chain-affiliated for-profit facilities.

Low corporate tax revenue also slows gross domestic product because there is not adequate investment in our infrastructure.

the United States raises less revenue from corporate income taxes as a share of GDP than all other countries in the G7, and almost all other countries in the OECD.

It was born of racism and a way to try to keep the south happy, the southern senators, by giving them extraordinary power to be able to block any civil rights legislation.

I hope so. It is time. We need our mail on time, and that means we need to show DeJoy the door.

We`re in Washington to fulfill our promises to the American people, to make this government work for them, not to give Mitch McConnell a veto.

Our problem is not just the $15 an hour minimum wage. Our problem is the filibuster because it blocks us on everything that doesn`t fit through.

Oh, yes, I do. Look, let`s remind everybody what the wealth tax is, and that is, this is for fortunes bigger than $50 million. Your first $50 million is free and clear, but your $50,000,001, you`ve got to pay two cents, at two cents on…

Because it`s legal because the big banks call the shots in Washington, and that`s how the regulations have remained.

Our problem is the filibuster because it blocks us on everything that doesn`t fit through.

This is about having someone who has this moment where she actually can reset the relationship between the United States and the tribal nations.

The SEC's job is to provide transparency about these companies' market tactics and make sure they do not rip off customers.

The stock market is supposed to be about capital formation creating long-term value for companies so they can grow and create jobs.

It is riddled with conflicts of interest that allow the giants to win every single time.

This is why the SEC needs to investigate the GameStop run-up.

Robinhood gets more than half of its revenue from collecting fees for pushing its customers' orders to outfits like Citadel.

If anything, if we think about fancy schools...debt loads are among the smallest among those graduates from those schools.

About 43 million Americans now carry $1.5 trillion in student loans. That is more than Americans owe in auto loans or credit card loans, and that burden of debt is stopping people from buying homes or starting businesses.

You can't look at decades of growing productivity, with workers getting a smaller and smaller share of the profits they create, and think the economy looks fair.

Well, as you know, Leader Schumer and I have a plan to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt.

We've left it to them to shape our entire economy, and make choices about our values and what kind of society we live in.

We cannot rely on quarterly earnings reports to tell us whether workers deserve a decent living.