Tammy Baldwin

Congress can and should act to ensure that hard work pays off by raising the minimum wage for millions of workers.

I introduced the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut.

I have been working for some time on student borrowers' bill of rights legislation.

We worked to cut out the middle man in our student loans.

I would, if I might, Chair Landrieu, my time has run out and I did want to ask some other questions.

It is great to see you in the Chair. I look forward to our work together in the years to come.

I think that the intent of the quadrennial energy review is to try to see if there are any policy bottlenecks that could help in that area.

I want to associate myself with some of the comments made by Senator Stabenow before she had to depart.

We certainly hear a lot of commentary about most of these workers being minors.

Of all the low-wage workers, again these people earning up to $11.50 an hour, about a fifth of them are in families earning--with a total income less than the Federal poverty threshold.

As I understand it, the National Longitudinal Transitional Study notes that students with disabilities are graduating college at a national rate of about 34 percent from 4-year degree programs.

This UW Whitewater program is lifting that up to about 48 percent in 6 years.

Investments in early learning improve education outcomes, support families, and also make basic economic sense.

I would like to thank the Chairman for his commitment to early childhood education, and I look forward to hearing from our panelists today and am grateful for their testimony and expertise.

I am proud to say that Wisconsin has long been a leader in investing in our children early.

I would like to thank you both as well as my other colleagues on the committee for holding this hearing on high-quality early learning, which is essential to fulfilling both the promise of the American Dream and the fundamental American…

It is my sincere hope that this bipartisan push for pre-K in States across our country will soon be mirrored on Capitol Hill.

I think that there is a strong acknowledgment on behalf of the administration that we are facing deficits on several fronts and of several variations.

Addressing these other deficits will help us out of our fiscal deficit because it sets the foundation, in my opinion, for long-term economic growth.

Extending unemployment insurance is one of the most cost-effective ways to stimulate a weak economy?

As I mentioned earlier Wisconsin is experiencing a propane crisis right now, very short supplies, increasing prices.

It's something that we certainly need to be looking at, not only in Wisconsin, but other states impacted by the propane shortage.

If more American infrastructure is dedicated to oil that's heading overseas is there adequate remaining infrastructure in the United States to ensure that other essential fuels like propane continue to flow to Americans?

Consumer supply protections are a central part of any serious debate about the future of crude oil exports.

The weather event alone didn't cause the shortages, but----