I rise today to honor a departed friend and committed public servant, Tom Menino. He was a devoted husband to Angela, loving father to Susan and Tom Junior, and adoring grandfather to six grandchildren. For 20 years Tom served as mayor of…

We should be closing tax loopholes and havens and ensuring that corporations, which are at an all-time high in profitability, are sharing some of that revenue.

Mr. President, I wish to commend all of the incredible work that the Senator from Michigan has done on the ``fair shot'' agenda, how she really has been out there working hard for families across this country. For middle-class families…

Mr. President, what is dysfunctional is a Republican filibuster of a bill on which 58 Senators want to move forward and debate. Allowing an unlimited number of amendments on any topic, going on forever, is not a reasonable way forward. We…

Thank you very much for having this hearing, for pulling together such an illustrious panel.

corporate profits in America are at an all-time, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to hit new records.

If we cannot count on CEOs and senior management to reinvest at least some of the corporate profits in their workers like they used to, what steps should the Government take to fill that void?

Congress could pass, for example, the Employee Free Choice Act and make sure that there is more collective bargaining power in our economy.

This is a topic we need to talk about--we need to do more than talk about; we need to do some things about.

I have to say, and to think about what it would mean if that million workers made $5 more an hour in terms of what they could buy elsewhere in the economy.

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I thank the Senator from Texas for his remarks. As I stated previously, there are 58 Senators who have supported moving forward to debate this bill. But it has not passed the Senate because of…