In real terms wages have not budged recently.

When banks make record profits, we should be preparing the financial system for the next crisis.

I ask unanimous consent for 10 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Let me be clear. Today's vote is not a vote for undermining the trade agenda. It is not a vote to rescind steel tariffs. I will do everything in my power to defeat any efforts to do that. I yield. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

The fact is Mariner is weaponizing people's credit history to target them with an expensive loan and making huge profits for the hedge fund that owns it.

The credit reporting system is backward. Like so much of our economy, it works for big corporations.

the power more and more is residing with those with more and more power and influence and privilege.

you all know where I stand on section 232 steel tariffs. I strongly support them because thousands of steelworkers across the country have lost their jobs due to Chinese steel overcapacity. Tough trade enforcement against China cheating…

It is time for a serious overhaul that puts Americans in control of their own data.

The consumer credit reporting system is stacked against Americans.

This Congress falls all over itself to give breaks to the large banks, falls all over itself to take away health care.

What values do we have as a society when we passed within the last year a tax cut where 80 percent of that tax cut will go to the wealthiest 1 percent, but we cannot afford to do this?

for many of us on this committee, there is nothing bipartisan about privatizing Social Security.

People who work in jobs like ours, who wear suits and have good benefits, may not realize that the vast majority of American workers have no paid family leave at all.

If we truly value the dignity of work in this country--if we truly value the dignity of work, we need to recognize that paid family leave is something all workers should have the opportunity to earn.

Right now, the lack of paid family leave is a drag on our economy that holds workers back.

Financial pressure often forces new mothers to return to work, but doing so interferes with breastfeeding.

American families lose nearly $21 billion in wages each year because they do not have access to paid leave.

If you expand it to not just parental leave, you are going to find a lot more public support for it.

For too many Americans, hard work doesn't pay off.

Eighty-five percent of the workforce, 100 million people, have no paid family medical leave.

earlier this month, the Fed released the results of its annual stress test--exercises designed to ensure that the largest banks can withstand economic shocks and will not need another taxpayer bailout in the event of a crisis. These stress…

Senator Jack Reed's bill would promote more disclosure on cybersecurity.

The short-term focus is painfully obvious when you consider that last year's tax bill sparked a record level of stock buybacks, $480 billion since it passed.

Senator Van Hollen's proposal would require companies to close loopholes to prevent insider trading.