Donald S. Beyer, Jr.: “Far from guaranteed, the speed and strength of our economic recovery is a direct result of increased public investment.”

We need to lower those costs for U.S. workers and we need to advance economic growth and competitiveness.

I deeply believe that America's best days lie ahead.

From the 1930s to the mid-1970s, American corporations largely followed a retain-and-reinvest strategy to focus on long-term innovation and job security for workers.

The top one percent owns roughly 50 percent of all corporate equities, and only about half of the U.S. households own any stock at all.