The United States has by far the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth.
We have got to move aggressively to expand benefits for our Social Security beneficiaries.
According to a November 2014 CBO report, the income of the wealthiest one percent of Americans has risen 200 percent sin...
I did not vote to go to that war in Iraq. I did not go to war in Iraq.
It is unacceptable to people throughout this country that millions of our young people cannot afford to go to college.
The bottom line to me, Mr. Chairman, is when we put people to work, when we have the best educated workforce in the worl...
We need to substantially increase wages for low- and middle-income workers.
Now, I think the President's budget begins to address some of these issues.
At a time when almost all of the new income gains go to the top one percent and when corporate profits are at an all-tim...
The United States today has more income and wealth inequality than at any time since the Great Depression.
Many of my Republican friends are in favor of cutting Social Security, cutting Medicare, cutting Medicaid, cutting nutri...