Gwen Moore: “It is an absolute untruth that the welfare reform programs were successful.”

Across this nation, 40 percent of moms depend on Medicaid when they give birth. Instead of gutting Medicaid, we need to strengthen it so we can save lives.

I am proud to partner with Senator Durbin to protect young people from this predatory and harmful practice.

Republicans pretend to care about the Nation's debt and annual deficits, but they have instructed Ways and Means to add $4.5 trillion to the debt to provide tax cuts to the wealthiest. What we have heard from our Republican opponents here…

We can tell you with our lived experience that it disproportionately benefits wealthy students who already attend private schools, and they sap monies from our public schools, which disproportionately and especially hurts disabled students…