"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."
"Democrats and Congress try to decide just how much longer they`re going to allow Republicans to stand in the way of some very popular proposals before they and the president decide to go at it alone."
"the problem will not be that we go too big. The problem will be as we go too small."
"we progressives are calling for an even bigger proposal than what the president proposed."
"this was an embarrassing counter-offer from the Republicans when they proposed it today, it’s all smoke and mirrors."
"Women, many of them women of color, have lost 5.4 million jobs overall during the recession."
"I've seen in my district how WIOA can help workers connect with strong well-paying jobs."
"We have clarity, as you said, and now we go back to doing what the country actually wants."
"Guess what, it gets even more popular if you put in the fact, as the president has said, that we`re going to tax the biggest corporations and the wealthiest people in order to raise some revenue."
"At the end of the day, the Republicans didn`t vote for it."
"I think it`s important to distinguish between what Republicans across the country want and what Republicans in Congress are willing to do."