Patty Murray

I truly hope that in the future we can work together on policies that create jobs and help our workers.

I hope that we can have a discussion about how to best expand economic security for more Americans.

Many of these employees who work for fast-food companies and temp agencies are operating under a service agreement between the franchisor and the franchisee.

I do find it really troubling that, once again, my Republican colleagues are putting big corporations and their profits ahead of our hard-working families.

I think it is important to think about what Mr. Secunda just said.

Too many big corporations are rigging the system and leaving taxpayers holding the bag.

We want the knowledge, but what's the key to make sure that we are using the knowledge that we get in a way that makes sure we're helping our students and not leaving a lot of kids behind.

I think that is very consistent with the ADA's reasonable accommodation requirement.

We need all the businesses that are doing the great job that many of you are and the organizations that are doing this, to take a look at them and get comments back so that we can get the final issues ruled and keep moving in this really…

I know for a fact that he would never push legislation that went against ADA. It was his heart and soul.

I think it's really important that EEOC get the rules out, working with the other agencies to make sure that they have the accommodations as described by Ms. Mathis that will assure that all people are protected.

I'm really glad that our Republican colleagues have joined Democrats in a conversation about how employer wellness programs can help improve our health care system.

The Affordable Care Act was an historic step toward that goal.

It has helped millions of people get more affordable, quality health care coverage.

It has put the power back in the hands of the patients, not the insurance companies.

All of us in Congress are entitled to our own opinions, but you made sure that we were all working off the same set of facts

I think it is a cautionary note to all of us to work together and come together and find a path forward and bring that certainty back again and not go to another manufactured crisis.

Two years ago, Tea Party Republicans were pushing us from one manufactured crisis to the next

Democrats and Republicans should be able to work together on something as important as making sure our students have great teachers and can access high-quality education.

I think it's important to every person who says No Child Left Behind is broken. We want to fix it.

If we want to truly fix the badly broken No Child Left Behind law, this is something we have to get right, and it should not be a partisan issue.

If this bill passes, it would allow Mr. Fugere's competitors to cut benefits

I think many of the members on our side expressed our real concern about reducing benefits for employees and the cost on the Federal Government as these people are put onto the Medicaid program.

I think we have to think about those unintended consequences.

I think that a lot of us can't support a bill that jeopardizes employer-sponsored health coverage for a lot of our American workers.