This issue of robocalls is personal to many people in this room.

I think this is a really important piece of legislation and I would urge its passage.

Earlier this year, the two of us wrote separate letters to the FCC requesting the proposed rule be finalized.

I commend the words and the determination for action that were expressed by the Senator from Connecticut and the Senator from Illinois. Like them, and like so many people across the country, I start with condolences and prayers and…

In terms of the subgroups for both race and disability, how would you assess the states in terms of the degree of transparency that they have been demonstrating?

The solution to these and other problems, to put it very simply, is to transition to a territorial-based system.

Even in addition to, or I should say, in addition to the great work that was done in this Committee led by Senator Alexander and Senator Murray in a process that resulted in a huge vote for the changes to elementary and secondary…

I think the big difference between the strong plans at this table and the weak plans that I have seen is there has to be a concrete plan of action to remedy those differences.

the President is giving multinationals a green light to pay no taxes.

I continue to believe that corporate integration, by means of a dividends paid deduction, can significantly help with some of our existing problems.

the framework that was released last week is nowhere near what Reagan accomplished.

this multi-trillion dollar tax giveaway to the wealthy and corporations is enacted, our tax base continues to erode, and the deficit skyrockets.

Let's remember that every percentage point decrease in the corporate tax rate results in a loss of $100 billion in revenue.

I live in a state that passed its first public schools law in the 1830's and we take public education very seriously.

Cutting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by, I think it was $193 billion over 10 years.

I do not understand it. It has gotten me very angry the last couple of weeks and months because I care deeply about that program.

We express strong support for a per-capita cap structure.

Thank God we have Medicaid expansion. It is having the biggest impact on that problem.

the guarantee of Medicaid... families with high incomes, good health care, but who still need Medicaid...

What has driven people out of poverty in America is not the way we structured TANF, it is the EITC, it is the SNAP program.

The impact of these cuts will be devastating to Pennsylvanians.

I think the process here--I think even folks who are supportive of this Republican bill would say that the process is not in any way commensurate with the gravity of the challenge and the scope of this legislation.

We all benefit when people gain health-care coverage. And I think we are all diminished and in fact potentially injured when they do not.

This proposal would dismantle the Medicaid expansion of the ACA, which has resulted in the coverage of more than 715,000 newly eligible Pennsylvanians.

I totally disagree. In fact, I think this chart raises the question on health care in rural America.