Keith Ellison

This (INAUDIBLE) bravely sacrificed his life to try to help others on 9/11. After the tragedy, some people tried to smear his character solely because of his Islamic faith. Some people spread false rumors and speculated that he was in…

Calls to eliminate all government involvement in the secondary mortgage market are not responsible.

Let's not forget that the subprime mortgage securities were created by Wall Street firms, not Fannie and Freddie.

I introduced a bill that would give the Federal Reserve oversight over credit rating agencies when they analyzed the rating structure of financial products.

The bottom line is that it will give protections to people who need it.

I think that one of the real questions as we proceed with this legislation is whether or not it is effective, does it really work, what are the metrics we would apply to determine whether it works, how do we know if this effort is working?

President Obama's commitment to initiate a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest is a groundbreaking olive branch to the 1.5 billion Muslims in the world.

And you know, the other party got in and they took care of that surplus real quick. But the 2001 recession dipped us down. We lost the volume job loss relative to the peak month. This is way down. Now, the current recession is off the…

You know, Madam Chairwoman, it's so important that you share that personal experience because there might be people watching this broadcast right now thinking, ``Man, you know, am I just like a bad luck accident? Am I just like somebody…

So let's look over the four things. Number one, the Progressive Caucus is in there pitching hard for education; two, for aid to the States; three, for homeownership; four, health care. The Progressive Caucus is fighting for America's…

Now, I want to say, if the gentlelady yields back, that the American people are behind us here. Sixty-seven percent approved of President Obama's efforts to pass the stimulus. Only 25 percent disapproved. The Democrats in Congress scored a…

That's right. So this is the progressive message, this 1-hour Special Order that the Progressive Caucus comes to the American people to talk about what is really happening, Mr. Speaker. We have been fortunate to have the chairperson of the…

Let me say, just like you have been there day in and day out, talking about peace, bringing our veterans home, we are going to be here week after week doing a Special Order with the progressive message. We are going to be encouraging…

Well, Chairwoman, thank you for yielding back. I want to say--and just to agree with you--that investing in our young people, young people going to Head Start is one of the very best investments that any society can make. And you can get…

We can do more than twice as better. So we can't just do as the little we can do. We've got to do as much as we can do because unemployment is a serious issue. It's important to understand that jobs lost in the last 13 months is we've lost…

And expecting a different result. Deregulation and tax cuts got us into this mess. But fair regulation and shared prosperity is going to get us out. And that's why the Progressive Caucus is here tonight, talking about the progressive…

A good, livable wage, green jobs. Let me say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which is moving its way through Congress at this time, different House and Senate version, 90 percent of it overlaps but there are some important…

This is not finished. And the fact is that the job losses that we are looking at--3.6 since when the recession started in December, 2007. Something must be done. We have to act now. Anybody who knows anything about economics knows that…

Well, you know, I'm glad you mentioned that because Mark Zandy, who, again, was an adviser to John McCain, a Republican, said that the way to really stimulate the economy is to put it in certain areas and not so much in others. And if you…

Do you remember Charlie Brown, whenever he tried to kick the ball, Lucy always picks the ball up. And they picked the ball up on the President, even though they said they were going to hold it down. I yield back.

You know, I have got to admit, it brought a tear to my eye when he talked in his speech about the fact that when your kids look at you, they expect you to be able to take care of them. And if you haven't got health insurance, then you're…

Congressman Johnson has correctly pointed out that we have got people losing their jobs. Unemployment is climbing up to 10 percent in many States, and we don't want to reach that point nationally. But one of the things that I think you…

If the gentleman yields back. Congressman Johnson, you know, we are the progressives. We want progress. And if you say you're a conservative, what, over the past 8 years, do you want to conserve? Do you want to conserve these exploding…

It's ridiculous that we are the only industrialized country who have never figured out how to do this. Every country in the industrialized world has a different plan. None of the plans are the same. Germany started in 1883. The Prime…

We are projecting a progressive vision for our Nation. We are saying we are going this way. And that is why we are here with the progressive message today. I just want to remind people, we are here with the Progressive Caucus projecting a…