33 Quotes by Marcy Kaptur

These Americans are among the working poor with full-time jobs earning $5.15 an hour. Millions fall into this boat, even more when you consider that the poverty line has not been adequately adjusted to reflect the true level of poverty in this country.

America is the richest nation in the world. It should be able to pay a living wage and build a middle class for those who hold the least in society.

Increasingly, Americans don't own America.

Increasingly, Americans don’t own America.

One could say that Osama bin Laden and these non-nation-state fighters with religious purpose are very similar to those kind of atypical revolutionaries that helped to cast off the British crown.

I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn’t have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills.