A worker should be able to support a family from the wages earned. It is shocking that people in the richest nation on earth would work full-time and still live in poverty.
I wanted to start off by saying to each of the nominees how much we appreciate your service, your willingness to serve at a tough time.
For me, SSI played a strong role in helping me achieve my educational goals. However, for too many people, it becomes a lifelong parking lot...
So you were getting, moving closer to adulthood. And when you consider your own experience now in higher education...
Can I just ask? How do we best rectify that?
Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for calling this hearing, and Ranking Member Collins, as well.
If I want an appointment with Senator Nelson, I should call you.
We need in this country, as is happening across the globe, to think of seniors as assets and not liabilities.
It is particularly interesting, because when I look at a State like the one I represent, Pennsylvania, we have just about two million senior...
Like you, I share a strong belief in the need for the Federal Government to play a more active role in promoting access to high-quality earl...
Sixty-five percent of 4-year-olds in the bottom 40 percent of this country are attending preschool.