We know the legislation that passed the House. It was the worst piece of legislation frankly against working class people that I can remember in my political life in the Congress.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric, laid off over 100,000 employees. His reward? When he retired from GE, he received a golden parachute of over $400 million dollars. This is the kind of corporate greed and irresponsibility that is destroying the middle class and must be ended.

Message to the billionaire class: You can't have it all!

The middle class in America is at a tipping point. It will not last another generation if we don't boldly change course now.

Of course the Republicans have long wanted to privatize Social Security and destroy it. But Social Security has been the most important and valuable social program in the history of the United States.

I don't represent large corporations and I don't want their money.

When I was in the House for 16 years, I caucused with the Democrats.