There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

When we give people the help they need, it works,

The senior advisers to the president would recommend a veto on this bill, ... My voice would join those of the other senior advisers. I could not recommend more vehemently that the president should veto this bill if it's passed in its current form.

She was a heroine who should be treated decently,

If you're a friend to the working people of New York, and you're a friend to the labor movement, then raise the minimum wage,

Eleven states and the District of Columbia have a higher minimum wage than we have here in New York, ... caboose on the economic train.