Political Quotes

Any additional changes to Dodd-Frank's derivatives rules needs to satisfy, in my opinion, a high burden of proof for me to support rolling back rules on the derivatives market just because they are inconvenient for some institutions.

Fixing the Highway Trust Fund for the future and modernizing how we fund infrastructure in this country must be part of the solution.

I personally think that a lot of the good we are seeing today is the result of the actions we took several years ago to stabilize, secure, and improve the economy and is now working its way through the system.

I have been working with and plan to work with Ranking Member DeFazio and my Democratic colleagues to develop a plan that does attract bipartisan support.