1/29/12
The notion that corporations have the same First Amendment speech protections as people deeply concerns me. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools and breathe our air.
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1/26/12
his week, President Obama offered Congress a plan to rebuild our economy with proposals focused on manufacturing, innovation, and workforce training proposals that I and many of my colleagues support and have already been working hard to advance...
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1/24/12
The second session of the 112th Congress begins at a critical moment in our nation's history. Nearly two straight years of private-sector job growth is encouraging news, but we still have a great deal of work to do.
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1/24/12
The economic plan he will lay out has to focus first and foremost on sustainable job creation. What does that mean? It means setting government policy that encourages investment in the main support structures of our economy: transportation, infrastructure
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1/23/12
As I prepare to sit for my 20th and final State of the Union address as a member of Congress, I hope that the president will outline a big and bold agenda that is faithful to the progressive values I believe the American people share.
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1/23/12
Corporate money in politics is one of the biggest threats to our democracy.
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