"From 1995 to 2015, Michigan ranked last in total education revenue growth. And not surprisingly since 2003, Michigan ranks last in proficiency growth."
"$16 billion in sales, $1.7 billion in cost savings, $4 billion in new client investments, and more than 122,000 jobs created or retained at a total cost of $140 million."
"Sometimes being in Congress is like being on a boat. There are two sides of the aisle."
"It's certainly a great day when we can dive a little bit deep."
"So the cost of doing nothing is likely to far outweigh the cost of any action that the government takes to avert this crisis."
"Insolvency is not an option and it doesn't have to be."
"I am a proud cosponsor of H.R. 397 the Butch Lewis Act."
"I couldn't think of a more pertinent topic for our new Congress in this historic moment, 100 years from when women got the right to vote."
"the question of our economic orientation is, how do we choose to value human work and what are we handing over to automation versus what are we giving to people."
"the question around the future of work must be undergirded within our present reality, that the question of our economic orientation is, how do we choose to value human work and what are we handing ov..."
"we must live in a human-driven and oriented economy."