Supporting the immediate reinstatement of Member Wilcox and the swift passage of the PRO Act would be major steps toward building real worker power.

Never before in the history of our nation have income and wealth inequality been greater than today.

I think everybody on this committee and the people of America understand who is running the government, and it's not going to be the secretary of labor.

No, we’re not going to cut Social Security. Quite the contrary, we must expand Social Security benefits and extend its solvency for the next 75 years.

My constituents in Vermont and constituents all over this country want to know what the hell is going on with the federal government right now.

These cuts will make it harder for veterans to get health care and benefits.

I did not hear one word from Trump tonight about the economic reality facing 60 percent of our people [who live paycheck to paycheck], or the enormous stress that they are living under.

The PRO Act is long overdue and I am proud to be introducing this bill.

If we stand together and not let them divide us up by the color of our skin or where we were born...

this budget would cut Medicaid by $880 billion. Oh, I guess Trump forgot to talk about that.

despair is not an option.

Trump’s focus is on issues nowhere near the concerns of the American people.

Tonight, Trump claimed that millions of dead people between the ages of 100 and 360 were collecting Social Security checks.

Trump's focus is on issues nowhere near the concerns of the American people.

Do you know what's really in it? This budget would cut Medicaid by $880 billion. Oh, I guess Trump forgot to talk about that.

despair is not an option. Giving up is not acceptable.

That is an outrageous lie intended to lay the groundwork for cuts to Social Security and dismantling the most successful and popular government program in history.

Let’s be clear: Well over 99 percent of Social Security checks are going out to people who earned those checks — 70 million people.

We must do the exact opposite.

the Trump administration IS a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, and for the billionaire class.

This budget would cut Medicaid by $880 billion. Oh, I guess Trump forgot to talk about that.

No, we’re not going to cut Social Security. Quite the contrary. We must expand Social Security benefits and extend its solvency for the next 75 years by scrapping the cap that allows a billionaire to pay the same amount into Social…

Trump’s parallel reality focuses on issues nowhere near the concerns of the American people.

Trump is focusing on issues nowhere near the concerns of the American people.

Trump’s focus is nowhere near the concerns of the American people.