Zitat des Tages von Brad Schneider:
We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.
Unfortunately, Republicans repeatedly waste taxpayer time and money, and even shut down the government, in efforts to repeal ACA. We simply cannot afford this kind of dysfunction.
Climate change is an economic, public health, and environmental issue that we have a moral responsibility to address.
We have to have an economy that is strong for everyone, working families who believe they can get ahead and give the children a better quality of life.
Iran is a bad and dangerous actor in a volatile region of the world, which is why Congress enacted sanctions in response to the ballistic missile program and support for terrorist proxy groups. We must hold senior Iranian leadership accountable for destabilizing actions in the region and around the world.
I would borrow money all day long, if the cost of borrowing is less than the expected return.
We're movers, forward thinkers, people who get things done. But the Tea Party and Republicans like Bob Dold are holding us back.
We cannot forget that we are a nation founded by refugees who were fleeing oppression and often fearful for their lives.
Everyone in this country has a right to quality, affordable health care.
Our global atmosphere does not respect national boundaries, and the international commitments under the Paris Agreement cannot be met without the full cooperation and participation of multiple countries.
As a state sponsor of global terrorism and supplier of weapons to terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, Iran cannot be allowed to develop nuclear weapons capabilities.
I've run businesses with thousands of people. I've run businesses with 10 people.
We are having trouble finding teachers to teach STEM. We also need to make sure schools have the resources. Some communities have multiple computers for each student in their schools. Other schools don't have textbooks, let alone computers.
While I've been in Congress, I've never experienced a whiff of anti-Semitism. In my life, I have experienced very little.
Making sure that people have access to preventive medicine for the first time ever as a nation? That's a big deal.
I'm 100 percent in support of women's rights, the right of a woman to make her own choice.
One of the best moments of the Obama presidency was the passage of the Affordable Care Act.
Passing comprehensive immigration reform and making DACA and DAPA permanent will free people from living in the shadows of fear from deportation to be able to pursue higher education, buy homes, start businesses, and expand our economy and strengthen the communities of the 10th district and our nation.
We need to do more to stop Iran's persecution of different religious faiths, including Sunni Muslims, Christians, and Bahais. We must do more to protect the Iranian's people's right to freedom of expression.
Concealed-carry reciprocity, I believe, undermines American gun laws by forcing states to accept carry-permitting standards of every other state, including some states that have no standards at all.
I'm proud to have earned a 100 percent score from Planned Parenthood and to have been previously endorsed by both Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro Choice.
I've been very outspoken that the minimum wage needs to rise.
We need criminal justice reform. You have heard people talk about that all over the country. I was able to work on that specific issue at home.
We need to make sure we have in every school teachers trained and qualified to make sure every child, including children with different learning styles, succeed.
House Republicans continue to vote to repeal health care reform, not only removing guarantees that women aren't charged more than men for coverage, but also assuring the world knows they don't believe women should have control over their own health care decisions.
I have met too many people who are looking for work, worrying about their mortgage, uncertain about their health insurance, and doubting that things will get any better anytime soon. Not just concerned about the present, many of us are doubting the future.
I will work hard at the federal level to defend our progress on climate change, but we know that forward progress on climate must happen locally.
While I support making improvements in the Affordable Care Act, trying to enact them while holding the government and our economic recovery hostage is reckless and irresponsible.
Illinois had the first aquarium built in Chicago. The very first skyscraper in the entire world was built in Chicago in 1885. The tallest building in North America, formerly the Sears Tower, now Willis Tower, is in Chicago. Evanston, home to Northwestern, is also home to the ice cream sundae. Illinois has a lot to be proud of.
Let's end the political games. Stop the finger pointing and do the work the American people sent us here to do.
Chemical weapons, biological weapons, and nuclear weapons should never be used.
Much as I wish it were not so, we do live in a dangerous world. It has, in fact, always been this way. Our earliest ancestors had to worry about predators, natural disasters, disease, and - unique among our species - attacks by other people.
We need to rethink a system that has targeted young people, particularly young people of color, for nonviolent crimes.
I urge President Trump to maintain American participation in the Paris Agreement - for the sake of our international leadership, economic competitiveness, and children's environmental future.
I have - and always will - stand up against efforts to limit a woman's right to choose.
Citizens United, I believe, will be regarded by history as one of the worst decisions this Supreme Court - or any Supreme Court - has ever made. It is distorting our political process and corrupting our government.