In some cases, they're paying zero, and he's made a commitment to every average American that makes $400,000.00 or less, will not pay one more cent in taxes.

the investment that President Biden wants to make into that critical industry as you know that 400 billion dollars is not just in the facility, but it's also in respecting the worker and raising their wages and give them opportunities to…

I think that the American jobs plan is going to be focusing on how we retrain workers for the jobs of today.

I think that I'm very encouraged that the American Jobs Plan is an amazing investment all across America.

I'm not going to comment on it until the regulation comes back.

We would have had a lot more devastation in our cities and towns across America.

It's time for us to deal with this.

paid family leave and medical leave for women would be a tremendous benefit.

What I do support is President Biden's American Rescue Plan that is getting millions of Americans back to work.

To regenerate and restart our economy it's going to take more than simply flipping a switch.

There is not a Member of this Committee that a family Member is not dealing with the issue of mental health or substance use disorder.

The pandemic was a perfect storm for people with mental health and substance use issues because we were telling people to isolate.

What they want and deserve is access to high-quality good-paying jobs to support their families and build back their communities.

When I say advantage, a good advantage, of our community college system that's already in our country to be able to make the investments in those colleges.

President Biden's economic plans are working.

Many of them it's their second or third job. So this only makes sense in the care's economy.

Under President Biden's leadership we have the opportunity to build back better by building up our ability to serve the working people of America.

The way I could do that is I raised my right hand and I swore on a bible to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America and I uphold it to carry out the functions as Secretary of Labor, and I take that very seriously, and I…

It's a way for us to respect the worker and their benefits.

The minimum wage in this country is too low. There's no way that a family of one can raise themselves on $7.25.

I'd like to see people back to work.

The American Jobs Plan, President Biden's plan is to invest 10 billion dollars over the next 10 years into creating two million new jobs in our country.

A $15.00 minimum wage is a baseline that would be able to help people earn higher wages, a better living.

Well the first step is we need to pass it, and the 400 billion dollar investment is key.

At this point in 2021 there's no reason why we don't have better technology to be able to make sure that workers are safe when they go mining.