If the Super Committee hits the minimum target only, they are going to be doing that by going after the low hanging fruit.

I am kind of shocked that some of my colleagues on the other side are now claiming that when the President said this, he really didn't mean it.

I agree -- I agree with David. They're totally out of control. And maybe they need some adult supervision or something. But what you're seeing right now is some pretty strange stuff.

Well, if one is to believe that the House -- the Senate Republican leader Senator McConnell who said after we went through the last deal on the debt ceiling is that this is what they were going to do in every instance, that they were going to try to extract something before they vote on this.

They're totally out of control. And maybe they need some adult supervision or something. But what you're seeing right now is some pretty strange stuff. Maybe the Republicans need somebody to crack the whip on them, to not be as crazy.

Look, Dave, if they want to shut the government down on FEMA funding, I don't think that would be a wise thing to do.

Too much government can be as bad as no government at all.

I recently saw a MSNBC interview with Chairman Fleming regarding the taxes and the costs of doing business...

The Subcommittee will come to order.

I am interested to hear from today's witnesses on how mandatory minimum wage increases affected the economies in the Territories and hurt revenue sources on the islands.

Congress required the Department of Labor and the Government Accountability Office to report on how minimum wage increases were affecting living standards and employment in the Territories.

The practice of allowing wage rate flexibility in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands ended in 2007.

The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted in 1938.

Any comment on that and any way we can address that?

Those receiving disability benefits who want to work are looking for a hand up, not a hand out, to help them achieve a better life for themselves and their families. Now, more than ever, how every taxpayer dollar is spent matters. Programs that don't achieve results must be changed or must end. This hearing will help us determine whether the work incentive programs are getting those who can back to work and a life of self sufficiency.

But there are a heck of a lot of generics being manufactured in India and other Third World countries so are they just not producing the ones that we are in short supply of or are we just not confident of the quality of the product which they produce?

So is there a worldwide supply of drugs that are currently in shortage here? It is just that we are not trusting the manufacturing process by which they are produced and therefore do not allow their importation?

We think of Hepburn from China causing many deaths, correct?