Deb Haaland Quotes

In a morally adjusted economy ... the rich should not get richer if the poor get poorer.

Unless you’re at the very top, you need a more equitable economy.

Pay equity matters because those dollars add up over time.

Being underpaid once shouldn't condemn you to a lifetime of inequality.

As we move beyond Women's History Month, I am committed to advancing legislation to raise the minimum wage and ensure women are paid equally for equal work.

My premise is not to tax to destroy the wealth of the wealthy; it's to increase the wealth of the bottom and the middle class.

Those who work ought to live better than those that don't.

It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act.

Economic issues are a subset of social justice. Social justice is unimaginable without economic justice. Isn't that obvious?

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

Ensuring fairness in the American workplace should be a cornerstone of our economic policy.

America's leaders need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

People who work full-time in America should not have to live in poverty - simple as that. Too many jobs don't pay enough to get by, let alone get ahead. Too many people are finding the rungs on the ladder of opportunity further and further apart.

I think the defining issue of our time is: Does the economic, social, and political system work for the middle class?

We need to see the FLSA and the minimum wage as part of a larger struggle to cut poverty and to address the challenge of income inequality.

We can afford to pay workers fairly, and it is the right thing to do. We also need equal pay for equal work.

When I travel around the country and talk about the need to raise the minimum wage or expand access to paid leave, I often talk about the need for us to reject false choices.

We've got to do more to ensure that people who work full time are not living in poverty and that the massive gap between rich and poor - which is fundamentally un-American, as far as I'm concerned - is somehow dealt with.

I've tried to give a dollar and 25 cents in work for every dollar paid me.

We will always be a fair wage nation in a low wage region.

I'm not sure there's another way to help move more people out of poverty than to raise the minimum wage.

At a time when families are incredibly squeezed, it's essential that we provide a living wage for people who work hard and that women realize equal pay for the work they're doing.

Economic mobility will fix income inequality.

On the campaign, I've had the privilege of advocating for important issues that affect all women, like demanding equal pay for equal work, pushing to raise our minimum wage, and promoting the idea of paid family leave.

As more and more people demand fair pay, the Government and big corporations are going to have to take notice.