Bob Casey
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Robert P. Casey is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, having served since January 4, 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on a range of issues including healthcare, education, and economic development. Throughout his tenure, Casey has been an advocate for policies aimed at improving access to healthcare and supporting working families. He has also been involved in efforts to address climate change and promote job growth in Pennsylvania.
Imagine any other group where seven of ten people did not have jobs, and I think people might take to the streets.
We want to explore today the economic health of people with disabilities and, of course, their families as they age.
Chairman Collins, thanks very much. And, again, thank you for holding this hearing.
It is rare when a group of constituents from any State comes up to you and says, 'Charge us more.'
I know that Senator Casey has introduced the ABLE Adjustment Act which will begin to increase the age provision by law.
This has been one of the toughest pieces of legislation that made the most common sense of anything I have tackled in the time that I have been here.
Having a disability is nothing to be ashamed of; it is part of the human condition.
TIGER/BUILD is a vital program for port infrastructure both inside the gate and to support the connecting road and rail infrastructure.
Congress has removed some of the barriers to savings in order to plan for the future.
Is it not also an opportunity to create a more level playing field for small businesses so that they can actually compete with the talent that Googles and Facebooks are able to afford?
Yes, and finally, so if companies like Deloitte and other significant companies know that paid family leave is good for profits, good for employee retention, good for productivity, good for morale, it should be good for anybody else?
I want to thank the witnesses for your testimony today and for the highlighting of this critically important issue.
It is bad for children in school. It is bad for small businesses. It is also bad for health care.
On the consumer demand side, I am less optimistic about opportunities to contain cost growth without doing harm.
In those areas, you can go into counties where it is 40, 50, even 60 percent of the people living in the county do not have access to high speed Internet.
the Trump administration announced recently that it was going to get out of the business of defending protections for Americans with preexisting conditions.
the Trump administration pretend that repeating the same questions is equivalent to getting results.





