Al Green

The law ought to apply to Wells Fargo just as it applied to that welfare recipient.

The evidence speaks for itself. I have an article styled, '35 bankers were sent to prison for financial crisis crimes.'

Wells Fargo cannot be too-big-to-prosecute. It cannot be too-big-to-jail. Wells Fargo has to be held accountable.

In the United States of America is it not true that we can put a person on the moon?

Is it true that if this technology exists that the United States of America, greatest, richest country in the world, can employ this technology?

This country has the ability to get great things done in short order. We for whatever reason don't have the will.

We need a bill of rights for the workers within the banks.

The lowest-paid workers in banks are women and people of color. The highest-paid disproportionately, in both cases, are white men.

If we had had stronger whistleblower protections, I do believe someone would have reported this circumstance and we wouldn't be sitting here today.

Workers need a living wage. All workers in banks should have a living wage.

No one has gone to jail. It is true that the CEOs of the too-big-to-fail banks have thus far been too-big-to-jail.

It seems that they are not only too-big-to-fail; they are also too-big-to-jail.

That shocks my conscience, to be very honest. It does. Sickness and vacation are totally antithetical.

On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, I missed the following votes: 1. H. Res. 387--Condemning continued violence against civilians by armed groups in the Central African Republic and supporting efforts to achieve a lasting political solution to the…

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here. You are doing a great job. Thank you.

The fundamentals are strong, yet nearly half, 42.4 percent, of working Americans in 2019 made less than $15 an hour.

I think $15-an-hour is not enough as a minimum wage. I think it ought to be at least $20 now, but I will still settle for $15 if we can get that.

Let's have a study to determine what impact a $15-an-hour minimum wage will have on the economy.

A good many of the people in my Congressional district... are more concerned about the supermarket prices than the stock market.

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is, as Congressman Meeks described it, at its core, a civil rights law.

This hearing will examine a problem referred to as astroturfing, which is the practice of creating the false appearance of grassroots support for a particular policy or position where none exists.

There seems to be the notion that we can do more for the poor with less, but that the wealthy need more to do more.

We have a bill that passed the House, 290 bipartisan support.

This is not a partisan issue. It shouldn't happen.

It is ironic that the President is cutting these grants, and some of the acrimony that we are experiencing is exacerbated by his commentary.