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Union employees have every right to strike. That is a protected right that I agree with.

It seems to be a thought police type situation here.

Well, if Boeing has retaliated by adding 2,000 jobs in South Carolina, 1,000 jobs in Washington State, $6.1 billion investment in this State, then I hope Boeing continues to retaliate against us and every other State in the country because…

But we believe that if someone wants to unionize, they have that right, and they should be able afforded that right, and it should be reflected in their vote. Not by intimidation from the employer's perspective or a union's perspective.

It is my personal belief, Mr. Chairman, that an individual's vote, whether it be for a Member of Congress or whether it be to unionize, that your vote be between you and your maker, not be between you and your employer or you and a…

The board's audacity to file this complaint constitutes the shot heard round the business world.

Neither the board nor the Federal Government should make private business decisions.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Hawaii will be postponed.

Imagine a Congressional hearing entitled 'The Threat of Black Radicalization in U.S. Prisons.'

The very title of this hearing presumes that 'Muslim Americans' en masse are radicalized in U.S. prisons and pose a threat.

Continuing to single out a religious or racial minority is no way to keep America safe.

Violent extremism is indeed a serious concern to all Americans, and is the legitimate business of this committee.

Social Security has never once failed to pay earned benefits on time and in full, even through 13 recessions.

The most immediate dangers to Social Security are the reckless cuts to its operating budget that put at risk its ability to deliver earned benefits on time in the right amount.

The U.S. Treasury bonds in Social Security's Trust Fund are real, and the trust fund is $2.7 trillion strong.

Social Security is a sacred compact between Americans of all generations. It ensures that billions of retirees, disabled workers, and children can live a life of dignity.

You don't have to steal the money out of the Social Security Trust Fund that Americans have contributed to take care of Social Security.

Well, then, if that is a statement, that the money isn't there, it is not that American workers didn't contribute it with their taxes; it means that politicians have been stealing the money and lying----

Let me see if I can dissuade you that the Social Security program is broke.

The Bush recession has hit American families hard. From June 2007 to the beginning of 2009, it stripped Americans of a total of $19.4 trillion in household wealth.

Social Security is not broke. The trustees report for 2011 shows that Social Security is once again the reliable workhorse in our economy.

There are some politicians who say, 'Continue, American worker, to pay those contributions in your taxes, have that deduction made, but while we tell you it is going to be put into a trust fund, we are lying to you, because we are going to…

American workers, through their tax contributions, through their paychecks, have contributed $13.9 trillion straight out of their pocket into the system.

Social Security has weathered 13 recessions in the last 75 years, and never once--let me repeat--never once failed to pay, on time and in full, every retiree, widow, child, or disabled worker the benefits they have earned.