"The motion imminent crisis we face is one that we can address right now in our 2012 budget."
"The most imminent crisis we face is the crisis we have the opportunity to address right now in our 2012 budget, and that is America's economic crisis."
"We must ensure that every American has a roof over their head by funding $2 billion in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund."
"If you support the repeal of health reform--you are contributing to the destabilization of Medicare."
"With rising costs for gas, food, and rent--proposing drastic cuts to education, housing, and healthcare will place additional burdens on the most vulnerable among us--jeopardizing the lives of million..."
"It's clear that we must end the war in Afghanistan and instead make smart security investments to safeguard our nation's interests and improve our long term security."
"The best approach to broadening the risk pool and bringing down costs is to extend Medicare for all individuals and establish a single payer system."
"We must preserve our funding for international relief programs, specifically, programs supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development."
"The Head Start program has enabled hundreds of thousands of children to learn how to read, write, do arithmetic and be successful in elementary school."
"H.R. 1, the Budget Resolution for the next fiscal year, would reduce funding for this budget by a whopping 41 percent."
"The Pell Grant, which has only been increased in funding in the last year after not being increased for more than five years, enables hundreds of thousands of low-income students to realize the more e..."