"And I just want to say at the outset that we all believe in the need for fiscal restraint and that the deficit is out of control."
"we cannot expect to grow our economy by taking away the services that our constituents use to get back to work."
"But overall, I felt we had to start and try and work in a bipartisan way, and I do want to work together with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle."
"I want to congratulate you on requesting $500,000,000 for the Community College and Career Training Grant Program."
"I really want to thank you for that, and we are on yellow."
"I want them to stay off the chopping block."
"It is really shocking that more than 50 percent of American workers do not have one paid day if they are sick."
"If they lose $845 dollars--many of them are first generation--they can't go to mom or pop and say, 'Can you help me?'"
"How can I go to community college? How can I afford to even go there?"
"So that is why I voted against the CR, Mr. Chair, because I am very concerned that it would cut 5 percent."
"I just fundamentally believe our schools should be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day, with a wide variety of after-school programming."