I do feel like progressives both inside Congress, in the Senate, in the House, and outside in the movement have made this entire package possible.

This is urgent. And it`s why I think the president has to lean into it, not just privately behind the scenes, but in full view of the American people, who are watching their rights be stripped away.

The priorities that we as Democrats have campaigned on around child care and the care economy, around health care and Medicare expansion, around bold climate action. These are all critical priorities for us. And so we need to make sure…

That`s what progressives are about. That`s what we have been saying as Democrats we have to do is deliver for the people.

the kind of strategy that everybody is now agreeing to in terms of how this is going to move forward really is what progressives were demanding from sort of outside the box as recently as three weeks ago.

this once in a generation investment that the president has been talking about, and that we have been pushing, that`s going to be work to get there.

If we do a $6 trillion package, I just want to say, that is significant, and it is actually also kind of a drop in the bucket as far as GDP, right? It`s $6 trillion.

we will not move a smaller infrastructure bill, bipartisan, whatever, unless we have simultaneously a big reconciliation bill that has all of our priorities, particularly the five progressive priorities that the Progressive Caucus has…

We’re going to do the big reconciliation bill, too. They have to go together.

Yes, I think he needs to now do more on this issue.

I thank Congressman Bowman for yielding to me and also for his tremendous leadership in the Progressive Caucus. We are so proud to welcome him into the Progressive Caucus, into Congress, and to have the benefit of his tremendous experience…

People like Erin struggle with getting jobs because of unstable housing and chemical dependence.

80 billion a year to keep roughly 2.3 million people incarcerated in a system that is neither rehabilitative, nor restorative, is a true waste not only of money, but of human potential.

I too want to associate myself with the remarks of my colleague, Congressman Murphy, about how important it is to invest in people before they're incarcerated.

I represent Seattle, the first major city in the country to pass $15.

I hope you and the President will use all the powers of the White House to get this done immediately.

There was not a single Republican vote for the American Rescue Plan. There was not a single Republican vote. Well, there weren`t enough Republican votes for the January 6 commission. This is a party that`s not interested in delivering for…

I wish my Republican colleagues cared as much about life when it comes to supporting things like childcare, things like ending poverty, things like ending hunger.

It is again very clear that Republicans don`t want to come along, if we`re going to get this done the president needs to do what he did with the rescue plan which is say, this is my agenda, this is what the American public wants, and I am…

This is a party that is not interested in delivering for the people, so we should just move ahead of right now, get the budget resolutions going and do a budget reconciliation bill, big, bold and fast.

We can wait another week. We can negotiate with one different Republican senator, or two different Republican senators, but the result is not going to be different because this Republican Party has no interest, these Republican senators…

I’d like to ask for your help and support in continuing to push for a Federal standard that would reverse domestic workers' exclusion from the Fair Labor Standards Act and provide workers with the rights and protections.

I'm a lead sponsor of the domestic workers bill of rights in Congress, and of course my co-sponsor last Congress, now Vice President Kamala Harris.

This budget is largely a bold and progressive budget that recognizes that we need those once-in-a-generation investments in education, childcare, healthcare, infrastructure, and so much more.

All of them are saying, deliver for us, don`t just talk about it deliver for us.