So what you are saying is that these safety protections that are put in place by OSHA regulations actually end up saving...
The way that you just put it--they don't kill jobs, they stop jobs from killing workers--that is the purpose of OSHA, co...
I just want to take a moment to commend the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Smith, for his work on not only this legislat...
I just commend the chair on holding this hearing because these tough economic times, when 70 percent of the jobs created...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
We need the money for other things, quite frankly.
But sending a letter when we are talking about millions of taxpayer dollars just makes no sense to me.
You have to dictate and actually come out with some suggestions of your own as to how to fix it.
I think that, we have 170,000 people abusing the system, according to my information.
We ran into problems about 10 years ago when we failed to share information.
Let me tell you, it is not working. OK? That is kind of the reason we are here, because it is not working.
It is critical to understand how excessive household debt remains a burden to our Nation's full recovery.
It can undermine our economy when it is offered on terms designed to take advantage of consumers.
Credit can be undeniably a good thing. It allows people to borrow against their future earnings.
The pathway to a strong economy and a strong middle class has been more and more difficult to travel.
There has to be a sharing of information.
We have to consider the rest of the budget.
In my mind there is no question we need a balanced budget requirement.