"many of us in the Senate were unsatisfied with the rate of recovery in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria hit the island."
"I just would ask that you guys consider the State scale, not just where the State falls in the Federal size."
"I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for your bipartisan work on this discussion draft of this bill."
"The Administration has rolled back protections for workers, for consumers, and for the environment."
"The Trump Administration reversed an increase in the overtime threshold, costing 4 million workers a collective $1.2 billion in additional wages per year."
"why after 6 months does Puerto Rico still 'have a long way to go,' as you have said?"
"The Administration has given payday lenders a green light to engage in predatory lending practices that result in annual interest rates as high as 600 percent."
"The kind of wrap-around support offered by CORC is critical for those in recovery."
"You brought a landmark case fighting for the right of women to not be discriminated against in the workplace because they are pregnant."
"If you are an individual with an individual case, who has to go seek out an attorney, arrange, perhaps, a contingency fee arrangement with that attorney, wait 300 days at a minimum to get your case he..."
"Title VII protects the right of women to be free from discrimination based on their decisions about if and when to have a family and whether to continue a pregnancy."