So we are talking about updating an old rule that was written to protect streams that are near coal mining...

I think Treasury needs to step up and show more leadership here.

The people of Puerto Rico are in a really lousy position. They have been hit hard by ten years of recession, and now they are crushed by debt they cannot repay.

I believe that Congress should pass a law. I have cosponsored such a law, and I will fight for it.

I urge Treasury to be just as creative in coming up with solutions for Puerto Rico as it was when the big banks called for help.

Puerto Rico, by American law, cannot do either one of these, and that leaves the 3.5 million American citizens on the island at the mercy of the people who hold Puerto Rico's debt.

The people of Puerto Rico are calling. They understand there is no bailout on the table for them, and they are not asking for one.

But the vulture funds do not want to negotiate. Instead, what do the vulture funds want? Well, they want Puerto Rico to raise taxes, cut healthcare, fire teachers, cut pensions, sell off $4 billion worth of government buildings, privatize…

for 20 years one of the biggest billboards in America was next to Fenway Park, facing the Massachusetts Turnpike. It had a giant number counter on it. When I was running for the Senate in 2012, I would drive past that billboard sometimes…

it would be devastating to the workers.

Selling off our Strategic Petroleum Reserve is just not a way to do that.

the earlier change in the rule at the NLRB has just triggered a race to the bottom that has squeezed workers.