"We have a tremendous opportunity to improve the economic conditions for working people all across the country."
"Our failure to act on comprehensive immigration reform means that we are effectively walking away from economic growth that could also help improve the long-term financial standing of our Social Secur..."
"Hard-working families are overdue for a well-earned raise, but I would note, again, just as I did at this same hearing last year, that there continues to be a whopping zero Republican cosponsors on th..."
"I don't think there is a way forward that doesn't involve some compromise on this point."
"So we continue here to argue over this notion that if you simply cut taxes for people at the top it is going to be great for everybody across the country."
"Mr. President, why don't we stick to the position that we are currently on and offer modest tax cuts to middle-income Americans and continue to pay down the debt?"
"We are committed to moving forward with a positive pro-growth agenda for America."
"Simply put, we have to take action."
"The American people deserve better, and Washington doesn't have any more time to waste."
"I don't know that there was anything that the witness said that we could disagree with on that."
"Everybody on that island is literate. That education is the gold standard of Europe."