Political Quotes

One persistent problem that I have been focused on for the time that I have been here in Congress, both in the United States trade agreements and broader trade agenda, is the issue of forced labor.

I don't think anybody can defend that when those organizations and high wealth individuals pay less in Federal income taxes than a teacher in my communities of Bay City or a nurse in Saginaw or a factory worker in Midland.

some of the cuts that could be proposed... could force the agency to close field offices and lay off, quite literally, thousands of people

Punishing the Social Security Administration with deep cuts because we are unhappy with customer service only exacerbates the problem.