Pramila Jayapal

The Affordable Care Act was critically important in expanding healthcare for tens of millions of Americans.

So it doesn't help things to just engage in this kind of knee-jerk denigration of Medicare for All, pulling out of thin air some of these numbers, predictions, and fearmongering.

The only way we can put our patients first, as we are ethically and morally bound to do, is through Medicare for All.

The only way we can guarantee healthcare while also reducing the amount of money we spend on healthcare overall.

President Trump didn't care about corruption at all.

The President of the United States wanted Ukraine to announce an investigation into a political rival for his own personal political benefit to interfere in our election, and he was willing to use U.S. military aid, which is taxpayer…

The Mueller report came out, which did not--even though it did not charge the President, it indicated--it implicated the President and his campaign.

Joe Biden started running for President.

The President was perfectly fine giving military aid to Ukraine in 2017 and 2018, but somehow not in 2019.

If we don't stand up now to a President who abuses his power, we risk sending a message to all future Presidents that they can put their own personal political interests ahead of the American people, our national security, and our…

My view is that if people cannot depend on the fairness of our elections, then what people are calling divisive today will be absolutely nothing compared to the shredding of our democracy.

This is a deeply grave moment that we find ourselves in and I thought the threat to our Nation was well articulated earlier today by Professor Feldman when you said, If we cannot impeach a President who abuses his office for personal…

I also have concerns with the fact that DOL is not implementing Registered Apprenticeships according to the regulations currently in place.

Apprenticeship programs are proven to help workers move into skilled middle-class jobs and we know that these programs work better than the alternative.

The distinction that you were making or that your Department was making was not consistent with past positions.

I've been a bit concerned that the DOJ recently has started to wobble away from that very clear position.

Firms that compete to hire or retain employees are competitors in the employment marketplace

They are not actively protected. Are they, in fact, impeded?

When workers on these platforms try to organize, are they protected under antitrust law?

These workers face problems on the job like low compensation rates, little recourse if the company decides to terminate their account.

An increasing number of workers earn some or all their living working through online platforms such as Uber.

Why is it so important for enforcement agencies at the state and local--state and federal levels to pay attention to the ways in which mergers might impact working people?

We actually, I believe--I'll let the other agencies speak from their perspective. I believe we have a very good working relationship with our federal enforcers, as well as with other state regulatory antitrust enforcers.

I have mentioned and you have heard today about the excellent work that our Washington State Attorney General's Office is doing, specifically to end no-poaching provisions in franchise agreements.

The treatment of people who have put their lives on the line defending our country is just unacceptable.