"A promise made, in my view, should always be a promise kept."
"Yet fewer dollars are going into Social Security than are being paid out, and the program is in danger of being insolvent."
"I am encouraged by our friend and colleague, Representative Larson, who is taking meaningful steps to safeguard access to Social Security."
"A modest increase in the Social Security tax for those individuals earning $400,000 or more would actually make it not only solvent, but sustainable."
"strengthening Social Security is obviously an imperative here."
"Over the past 4 decades there has been a concerted effort to diminish the right of workers to organize and collectively bargain."
"Obviously a law failing to meet its stated goal needs to be changed and updated, the purpose of our conversation here."
"Thank you for your lifetime of efforts on behalf of America's working families."
"I appreciate your consideration of my requests and look forward to working with you as the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee continues its work in the 116th Congress."
"We have put our money where our values lie with the American worker."
"I was disappointed... the decision to implement the rule, that weakened, in my view, the protections for workers."
"I think what it's going to do is leave people without coverage."