So are tax policies such as suggested by Mr. Edwards capable of distorting the economy maybe as much of some of these loan guarantees?

I am worried about cronyism under the Trump Administration--I really am--and the potential for conflicts of interest.

I think it's--I think good work's been done to benefit a lot of jobs, as Mr. Reicher said, and to improve the climate I hope, but you may be right.

So that might help explain the two percent default rate?

Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak about the flood conditions in California. It is either feast or famine. We either had the last 6 years of some of the driest conditions we have experienced in over 1,000 or, in the last 2 months, record rain…

The amount of the deficit is set by the spending. That is in Congress. It is set by the taxes. That is set by Congress.

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When we talk about ½ million people who are dead and have been killed in this, let's just admit this isn't just Assad.

the solution to that is not to bust unions.

I think it is wrongheaded to now take that away.

I share your frustration about living in an alternate universe. I think the one thing I hope everybody in this room can agree on is that facts matter, actual facts.

There is no question whatever in States that make it virtually impossible or extremely difficult, which is right-to-work States, the data on employee well-being, health, safety, wages is unassailable.

the job creation in right-to-work States is not at all better than in nonright-to-work States.

I think at this point, given the political realities, that there is nothing that can be done to amend the act.

I think there is no question that the President was blocked in putting people on the Board and letting the agency do its work.

I think income inequality continues to be the big elephant in the room.

I think that at its height, union density was over 30 percent.

There is no question that when employees have a collective voice in their workplace and they are not subject to being fired at whim, they are able to negotiate better terms and conditions that at the end of the day help everyone.