"If you cut too fast too deeply, you will slow down a very fragile recovery and threaten to put people out of work."
"I am here to ask today that we tackle the issue of the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in our society."
"This is not about skin color. It is about what I would call 'stressed' communities."
"It is about people who are locked and why the gap is continuing to get wider."
"I would ask the committee to look into this and to see whether or not it makes sense for us to begin targeting resources where the needs really are."
"I do believe that we are responsible for responding to need."
"They are crying out for a response from us."
"I'd like to use that call for a Domestic Marshall Plan as a jumping off point for my remarks this morning."
"Nothing has been a larger strain on this country's finances than the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which have now cost us more than $1.1 trillion."
"The CPC alternative budget does this by providing for the responsible and orderly redeployment of our troops and military contractors from Iraq and Afghanistan, saving more than $1.5 trillion above cu..."
"We can gain robust and immediate savings also from paring down the Pentagon's budget."
"However, we believe the reforms could go farther by including a public option that would provide competition to private insurers and reduce the cost of health care for working families and the Federal..."