As we move beyond the fiscal year 2015, I will be fighting for these families and against efforts to move our country backwards with deeper cuts to investments in families and seniors, or unfair and irresponsible budget proposals that…

We will take you up on that offer.

So you support raising that cap?

Let us be clear. Those schemes give big companies an unfair business advantage over companies that only operate domestically.

We took a good step forward with the Affordable Care Act, which now prevents insurance companies from charging women more than men for coverage.

I am hopeful that we can work together over the coming weeks and months to give the Highway Trust Fund some multi-year certainty.

Women need to have an equal shot at success.

I will certainly fight back against any attempts to move our country backwards, with deeper cuts to investments for our families and seniors or unfair and irresponsible budget proposals.

Every day this administration... continues to advance policies that make it more difficult for Americans to find a job.

American workers are suffering under President Obama's economy.

Acting to expand economic opportunity for women is the right thing to do.

I want to thank our witnesses for being here today.

My colleague Chairwoman Mikulski has led the way on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would provide women with more tools to fight pay discrimination.

Women especially are rightly concerned about the economic futures facing our young people.

Every child growing up today deserves the same shot at the American dream that my family had, and I am ready to work with anyone, Democrat or Republican, to get that done.

We should not relitigate our bipartisan budget deal or create needless uncertainty again in a budget process that should finally be free of crisis.

I ask unanimous consent that the time under quorum calls be equally divided between the majority and the minority. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

as many in this Chamber know, I am very proud of the many ways my home State of Washington is leading the way. Our State is an economic leader. We are home to the American aerospace industry, we have a thriving agricultural sector, and…

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Mrs. MURRAY pertaining to the introduction of S. 2164 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'')

But I think the more you know, the more you can make reasonable decisions, and we just do a very bad job in this country of doing financial literacy.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mrs. Murray pertaining to the introduction of S. 2162 are printed in today's Record under…

It's so telling when we have so many people in our country today who are spending all of their extra income paying back a student loan.

our workforce has changed a lot in the last few decades. Thirty years ago the majority of families with children had only one parent working outside the home. More of the country's low-wage workers were teenagers earning some extra…

One of my priorities during the negotiations last winter on the Bipartisan Budget Act was to maintain our investments in student aid.

I believe that this program is essential to restoring trust between victims of sexual assault and the Marine Corps.