America is in a retirement crisis. Years of a middle class squeeze are taking a huge toll so that, today, families are hitting their retirement years with less savings and more debt than ever before.

I think it is important to get them done right and that everyone has a chance to have their voice heard in this process.

By letting them pool, you not only can bring down on the cost side, but you can now negotiate for a package that is a better package than any one employer could do.

I thank my colleague. Last Saturday, I was in Boston for our annual Pride Parade. They are practically an institution in Boston, and this marked our 46th annual march. I have gone to Pride for years, and when I go, I don't march, I dance…

We just need to put up the money to do it, and, today, that's just not happening.

The Ryan agenda is a recipe for creating more poverty, not less.

Five out of six children who could see their life chances improved are simply being left behind.

Child care and early childhood education is one of the areas where we really know that Federal investment pays off.

they found that it's not in their economic interest to be paying for pipeline capacity every day when their needs are limited and only during certain specific periods of the year.

the SEC's job is to look out for investors, not for big companies.

giant pipeline companies that cannot make an economic case for these projects should not be allowed to force someone else to pay for them.

I would like to see some evidence that there really is a problem here.

Information overload is a problem that was invented to justify a project aimed at making life easier for big companies and harder for investors.

The SEC is an investor protection agency, so when you launched your project, what evidence did you have that information overload was a real problem that investors wanted you to solve?

I have never heard of the concept of information overload in the context of investing in stocks.

Traditionally they are financed by the companies that are actually going to burn the gas, industrial manufacturers, gas distribution companies, gas-fired plants, who enter into long-term contracts with the pipeline company.

I am frustrated that, at your direction, the SEC has voluntarily spent 2 years trying to address a problem that you have no evidence exists.

We think the path forward is clear. Massachusetts will need to aggressively expand renewable energy generation and increase conservation to meet our carbon emission goals.

Last month the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state is not on track to meet its legal obligation to reduce carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

these companies are saying they do not want to pay because they are not sure that these pipelines make any economic sense.

The National Chamber of Commerce, which represents the giant companies that have to do the disclosing.

A year ago I called your leadership at the SEC 'extremely disappointing.' Today I am more disappointed than ever.

I cannot find, and you have not produced, a single investor who has complained to the SEC about receiving too much information.

All right, I will just ask my question. On Monday, I wanted to come to the Senate floor to make the request I just made, but I guess the majority leader was taking a lot of heat about judges and Donald Trump's racist statements about them…

our government has work to do, but when it comes to making sure that our courts have the judges they need, when it comes to making sure that the Federal agencies have the leaders they need, and when it comes to filling a vacant seat on the…