Nucor's safety goal, as is OSHA's, is zero incidents and accidents.

At Nucor, as a corporation, our DART rate, days away restricted time, is actually 75 percent lower than the industry average.

To be a successful VPP, you have to trust your employees and empower them to participate in their site safety and health programs.

We do believe that this bill would allow people a better experience. There will be better maintenance, better control of this to make sure that the community of all sorts can enjoy this.

The cornerstone of Nucor's continuous safety and health improvements is VPP.

I would appreciate it. The last request I had is now three years in waiting. I hope you can do it in a little bit timelier fashion than three years.

Thank you, Chairman. I am here to testify on behalf of H.R. 4484, which is the Y Mountain Access and Enhancement Act.

This was introduced in a bipartisan way, and myself, Mr. Faleomavaega, Mr. Flake, and Mr. McKeon introduced this bill, which has good, broad community support.

Nucor is made up of more than 20,000 teammates whose goal is to take care of our customers by being the safest, highest quality, lowest cost, most productive, and most profitable steel and steel products company in the world.

Well, as you know, he was president for the last 3 1/2 years, did nothing on immigration.

As candidate Obama, he promised to present an immigration plan during his first year in office but four years later, we are still waiting.

I believe that each state has the duty and the right to secure our borders and preserve the rule of law, particularly when the federal government has failed to meet its responsibilities.

We must pass PNTR or our workers will be disadvantaged when Russia joins the WTO this summer.

So with this particular merger, do you have an ongoing concern that--creating an even bigger major out of the biggest major that currently exists, aren't you concerned that might cause some problems?

The future of online music is bright but uncertain.

That is pandering. Not only did he not propose a plan, he hasn't led on it. He hasn't spoken about it. We haven't seen anything from him, other than more deportations.

I think most of us in the room would have to agree that this merger, if it proceeded, would result in a pretty significant degree of concentration.

Well thank you, Mr. Chairman. Deputy Secretary Burns, it is easy for me to understand why the Secretary of State would want you as her deputy.