"I strongly support the bipartisan bills we're talking about today, the RISE Act, and the Supporting Early Career Researchers Act, and I'll continue to advocate for their passage, hopefully in a corona..."
"We won't restart our economy without access to child care."
"We are in an unprecedented moment in our nation's history."
"Latinos age 35 to 44 have a coronavirus mortality rate nearly eight times higher than White people in that age group."
"Fixing the childcare system is important to children. It is important to families, and it is important to the economy, but it is also an issue of racial justice."
"We know there are a lot of folks who won't be able to go back to work if the childcare sector collapses, and that will disproportionately harm low-income communities and communities of color."
"the Administration and Congress can and must address these disparities and do all we can to encourage or require research that's deliberately inclusive of all demographics and effectively addresses th..."
"We just, yesterday, in the United States passed 100,000 deaths. And those aren't just numbers, they are real people."
"I was proud to join Chairman Scott in introducing the COVID-19 Every Worker Protection Act."
"OSHA has the tools to protect workers from COVID-19 by enforcing the general duty clause and other existing OSHA standards."
"I represent Northwest Oregon, and I hear from restaurant workers and retail clerks, social service providers, child care workers, they struggle."
"I have often said that I am a big believer in higher education, but we have to have a path for everyone."