I think we know that by 2020 an estimated 35 percent of job openings will require at least a bachelor's degree; 30 percent will require some college or an associates degree.

There is not right now a market incentive for many schools to produce job--degrees that lead to jobs.

This commonsense legislation would simply roll back the NLRB's harmful decisions.

This rule puts a real--puts that at risk.

The decision discarded years of established labor policy to include employers who have indirect or even potential control.

When we crafted this short piece of legislation, I have got to say, we were very, very concerned about losing the certainty and predictability that the dissenters talked about.

the majority abandons a longstanding test that provided certainty and predictability and replaces it with an ambiguous standard that will impose unprecedented bargaining obligations on multiple entities.

I believe that the dissenters have done a thorough and very good job in pointing out the difficulties that the Browning-Ferris decision poses.

Chairman Kline and Senator Lamar Alexander introduced the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Volkswagen

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