The checks have gone out. That money has been disbursed. And the reason for the holdup is because governors, mayors, municipal governments are not getting it out to people, correct?

I would beseech my colleagues, if they represent a State where their governor is of their same party, to be unafraid to hold your own party governors accountable.

This bill is absolutely a progressive victory because if it wasn't for progressives in the House, we probably would be stuck with that tiny, pathetic bipartisan bill alone.

my concern, just to be frank, is that a misplaced diagnosis playing out with inflation could cause the Federal Reserve to prematurely raise rates and constrain wage and employment gains that have been beneficial to millions of Americans.

Recently, the Bureau of Labor Standards (BLS) reported that the first 3 months of 2021 were the best quarter of wage growth since at least 2001.

Yet before the pandemic, the unemployment rate reached 3.5 percent without triggering inflation, correct?

There's always kind of a calming feeling when I think of the tragedy of the Holocaust, that it was my ancestors, Palestinians, who lost their land and some lost their lives, their livelihood, their human dignity, their existence in many…

It may sound strange, but many affluent suburbs have essentially already begun pursuing a defunding of the police in that they fund schools, they fund housing and they fund health care more as their number one priorities.

I think it`s very important for the President to know that House progressives and I believe the Democratic Caucus is here to ensure that he doesn`t fail.

So, we see that dads having--and nonbirthing parents taking equitable paid leave is good for the parent.

Having time with our families should not be a matter of charity or profitability.

The decision and the ability to have paid leave is not about how good or charitable your employer is.