Isn't that saying that humanitarian assistance should be subject to political outcomes?

The Education Department, I think we all agree, has a duty to protect students and taxpayers from bad actors in higher education by holding institutions accountable for their students' success.

I worry that too often accreditors identify problems and raise concerns about institutions internally, only to leave students in the dark.

Accreditation decisions have significant consequences as to whether a school can continue to get Federal financial aid.

This proposal sounds like a shell game, at least to me.

I am troubled by the Trump Administration's efforts to expand unregistered apprenticeship programs which are not accountable for meeting quality standards or ensuring the success of apprentices.

I strongly support innovation and expansion of our Registered Apprenticeships into new occupations, but I will not compromise on the quality and accountability of these programs.

I extend my hand to Republican colleagues who want to work with us on expanding high-quality Registered Apprenticeships that would benefit both employers and employees.

I believe strongly that restoring the middle-class means we must stop shortchanging our students.

I was so moved by your story of struggling to find housing with--for you and Journey.

I also believe strongly in loan forgiveness for those who make the financial sacrifice to use their skills in public service.

All students in our country deserve a high-quality education that helps them reach their full potentials.

I think we need more of that, not less.

The fundamental point about pensions is that they are not charity, they are not a donation, they are money that workers put aside themselves in cooperation with their employers so they could have a dignified retirement.

We need to solve this crisis now as you have all said but I just want to make sure that our solution solves it and doesn't make it worse down the road.

I am worried about what is going to happen to the Venezuelan people while this strategy plays out or does not.

We really do a disservice to huge swathes of our population if we say that they don't deserve to earn a basic minimum wage.

We need to raise our wages for everybody to a basic level of dignity, but unless workers have the power and the freedom to form unions in this country, which they don't today, we are at 6 percent of the private sector being unionized, we…

unless workers have the power and the freedom to form unions in this country, which they don't today, we will never raise the standard of living for the middle class in this country

If you do it, the best possible outcome is no harm. The only debate we have is over how much harm.

the truth of the matter is that we need to raise our wages for everybody to a basic level of dignity

I really hope that we will pass this bill and we will allow workers to have more dignity and more self-sufficiency in our country, and it will actually help grow our economy and make it more fair.