Pramila Jayapal

It is crazy to talk about it in terms of a cost, because what it is is a vision.

If you really want to know which party cares about climate change, let's look at which party pulled us out of the Paris accord.

It is our responsibility, as the Budget Committee, to review the issues that threaten our fiscal health and our constituents.

We can't afford to have an Administration that continues to deny climate change, and handicap the agencies and programs responsible for responding to it.

Thank you so much to all of you for your testimony, and I hope that the American people watching this understand how important this report is and how essential it is to actually read the whole thing, from front to back.

I hope that the American people watching this understand how important this report is.

$3.5 trillion. And how does that $3.5 trillion--and that is annually, correct?

The American people want this, and I am ready to work to deliver it.

There is a clear economic case for Medicare for All.

We could use the tremendous leverage of government power and a large marketplace... to negotiate the best prices for the American people.

A single-payer system can achieve universal health care. Great.

Our current system costs $3.5 trillion. It is actually projected to cost $6 trillion by 2027, the most in the entire world by far.

It is not a question of if, it is a question of when our country has single-payer health care.

If you live in Connecticut or Mississippi, Utah or California, everywhere an American should have comprehensive, affordable health care.

We ban private contracting, which has created that two-tier system of health care in America, one tier for people with health insurance and another for the wealthy who can afford to pay for their care without any insurance.

Universal coverage needs to include long-term services and support, because we have got millions of Americans who live with disabilities and those taking care of an aging loved one.

The one that I have introduced is Medicare for America, which ensures universal, affordable, high quality health care coverage by building both on Medicare and Medicaid and to expand that covered benefits and services.

I don't think the majority of Americans understand how this affects their daily life.

That is a stunning number.

Silencing women is the harasser's best friend.

I think one of the reasons that we have seen this cultural revolution that we are experiencing right now is because the American public was actually so angry about hearing about these stories, and they were wondering why didn't we know…

There are these ordinary people who are signing agreements to give up all kinds of rights to go to court.

Just because I dance to the rhythm of the rain doesn't mean I should be underpaid. I am a great worker and bring many positive attributes to my job and deserve an equal and livable wage.

Thank you for the opportunity to submit this statement for the record.

It is not some distant thing. It is actually the idea that we have no oversight or authority over another branch's actions, even when they are unlawful.