I can tell you, Mr. Secretary, this subcommittee and our committee, and I hope the Congress, will continue to be fully supportive of the max...
if these men were doing the same job as nondisabled people, they should have been paid the same rates.
I would point out, of the $77.4 billion request for fiscal year 2012, $28.6 billion is for Pell grants.
I want to continue to reward courage, to incentivize that.
I recently introduced, with Senators Harkin, Blumenthal, and Franken, the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act (S. 770) which would protect workers ...
I just--again, count me as a great supporter of Job Corps.
We have to think about what the Federal responsibility is there.
I am committed to achieving the goal of Good Jobs for Everyone while the administration focuses on our shared long-term goal of reducing the...
Preparing workers for these jobs will be a vital component of winning the future.
there are many employers in the United States who pay less than the minimum wage and, 'have never seen a Wage and Hour investigator.'
The President's 2012 budget reflects difficult choices but retains the critical investments needed to get America back to work.
I believe there's a better way, and history offers a guide.
Now, my 5 minutes is up, but I have other questions for other people here.
they got initial summary judgment for $1.76 million.
I raise it because, from 2000 to 2008, the Wage and Hour Division lost 20 percent of its staff.
The Equal Access to Justice Act is an extremely important statute that defrays the cost of legal expenses for claimants.
I'm looking forward to working with the administration on the implementation of this pilot program.
we're here today to discuss administrative funding for Social Security.
