"I ran because I was an angry parent, and today I am an angry grandparent about what is not going on that should be going on."
"We need to make public education a priority."
"Would religious private schools that accept vouchers be allowed to ignore any of these regulations on the basis of religious freedom?"
"If you truly value education and you truly value teachers, then why are we continuing to take away and saying: But we appreciate you."
"Would you categorize Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 as a regulation?"
"If we pass the Raise the Age Act, close to 40 million workers would receive a raise."
"This bill puts money directly into the hands of those who are most likely to spend it in their communities."
"Equality makes dignity, and dignity demands a job and a paycheck that lasts throughout the week, and I am quoting Dr. Martin Luther King on that."
"Everybody has to eat, and we heard this morning from laborers, workers who are in the fast food business and other businesses who have a difficult time trying to make the ends meet for their family."
"Too often we view economic progress as a zero-sum game where if workers win, employers lose."
"just raising, increasing the minimum wage in my State of Florida to $10.10 per hour would decrease SNAP expenditures by $290 million."