"We end up spending $50,000 a year keeping them in jail rather than investing in education, rather than investing in childcare."
"Would you agree that our goal should be that every parent in this country should be able to find access to high-quality, affordable childcare?"
"We have a crisis in terms of the affordability and access to college in America today."
"I am certainly going to very strongly support your nomination, and I look forward to working with you."
"Millions of young people will leave school $20,000, $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 in debt."
"Well, thank you very much for that, I think, excellent answer."
"I think we have the opportunity here to vote for somebody who will be one of the great Secretaries of Labor."
"I voted against it, too. And in retrospect, it was the right vote, because, among other things, it allowed employers to discriminate against old workers by shifting to cash-balance pension plans that,..."
"We recognize the central challenges that we are facing."
"We want someone that's going to be fair, obviously, for the workers and for all of those affected by your department."
"Today, if an employee is engaged in a union-organizing campaign, that employee has a one-in-five chance of getting fired."