Pramila Jayapal

I think for Ramona and for so many others like her we are ready to be the authors of a new story, and that begins with passing the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.

I hope we can get to a place where we're not denying that overtime premiums should apply to all workers.

They absolutely require antitrust scrutiny.

The U.S. Healthcare System is inefficient, unreliable, and crushingly expensive.

I think we all understand that when components of consolidation in healthcare promised us better quality of care, the reality that we got is that patients had been forced to pay exorbitantly high medical costs in exchange for worse care.

What we should not have is a difference in terms of enforcement vis-a-vis the not-for-profits. The fact that the FTC is not permitted to challenge anticompetitive conduct by not-for-profits is nonsense.

The 2 trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal, the President's proposal had enjoyed 68 percent support across the country.

We need to be shipping out virus -- vaccines and waiving intellectual property patents.

Not only is it a moral responsibility, it is also the right thing to do if we`re going to beat a global pandemic.

The overall situation of vaccines, it`s not just India. I mean, out of the almost 900 million doses that have been administered, only 0.3 percent have actually gone to low-income countries.

I’m joined now by Pennsylvania Congresswoman and former impeachment manager Madeleine Dean and Washington Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.

The scariest thing is all our colleagues who are still perpetrating the big lie.

I want to briefly note my strong support for Federal assistance for earthquake resilience and risk reduction projects.

Our country and our region need Federal assistance on important projects like this that reduce congestion.

I urge the committee to continue expanding its support for light rail projects.

I urge the committee to expand its support for bridges in this next package.

These smaller cities need a better shot at accessing funding so they can attract economic activity.

As we consider how to best repair a country ravaged by a pandemic, I would like to raise four key priorities from my district: support for bridges, small and medium-sized cities, light rail, and earthquake resilience.

Equal pay for equal work is still a real thing.

This whole red herring that it's a choice is just BS, right. BS.

I also want to be able to help shape these policies, and I'm asking all of my colleagues to understand and listen.

What they've been given with the rescue plan is essentially a life preserver, and what they need is a boat and a path to reach the shore.

So, when my mother was working four or five jobs a week, it wasn't much of a choice because we were struggling on a hundred percent of her salary to make ends meet, to put food on the table and a roof over our head.

We owe a huge debt of gratitude to grocery store clerks, hospital workers, long-term care aides, other essential workers.

Megan, we are so very proud, not only of your remarkable talents and achievements, but for your willingness to use your platform to fight for equality for all of us.