Gwen Moore

So this notion that Joe Sixpack is better off is not something that is provable.

I appreciate the subcommittee's ongoing support for these lifesaving programs.

I just don't want you to forget the women who are relying on this.

The cost of intimate-partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion every single year.

I urge you to continue robust Federal investment in the successful, cost-effective Violence Against Women Act in the fiscal year 2019 budget.

I was concerned about the expanded jurisdiction that FIRRMA, that this legislation would require.

We have seen, for example, just reported in the news recently President Abe in Japan, bought real estate that belonged to the Kushners and it is just sitting there doing nothing.

I really do want to start out by acknowledging the tremendous work effort that you, Mr. Chairman, have put into this, and others on this committee like Mr. Pittenger and Mr. Heck put into this legislation.

I just want to appreciate the fact that in your written and your oral statement you have doubled down on your commitment.

The GOP tax bill is a windfall for shareholders that will untether the real economy that most of us live in, as distinct from Wall Street.

Your tenure comes at a time when the GOP tax bill will only make your task more difficult, I believe, as changes to health care may increase inflation for coverage.

We impose sanctions for human rights violations, and yet we have relaxed them under this Administration.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. Before I begin my comments, let me thank our guests from the Treasury Department.

I am a part of the bipartisan work on the North Korea sanctions; so proud to have worked on that in a bipartisan matter.

We have seen him following Obama's agenda, he is re-imposing sanctions, strictures against Cuba.

One of the most horrific acts that is occurring anywhere on planet Earth at this point is the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya people.

I don't think we have gone too far at the international financial institutions.

We are overindebted in the United States. So is this a time to give tax breaks to rich people, considering that we are in debt, $1.5 trillion?

Trickle down historically has not worked, so if it works this time, I will be happy to say we are wrong, but it hasn't worked. It has just created deficits.

Excessive inequality not only undermines social and political cohesion, it has also been shown to have negative effects on growth.

I would appreciate hearing from you what you believe would be an appropriate set of public policies that we would need to have in place, both domestically and internationally, to rein in the excesses of the market, maintain stability, and…

The Chair now recognizes the Ranking Member of the subcommittee, the gentlelady from Wisconsin, Gwen Moore, for 5 minutes, for an opening statement.

Why don't you see investing in people as being the number one method of growing our economy?

Maybe a trillion dollars over the next decade from immigration reform.

Outgoing Fed Chair Yellen has shared with us many times that she thinks--she believes that inequality is very dangerous.