the Senate legislation presents a solid foundation for reform, and I agree.

I thank the gentlelady. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4275. I want to thank my colleague, Representative Susan Brooks, for sponsoring the legislation and for her work on this important issue, and my friend and colleague, Mr…

If we are truly here to fight for people, and to empower people, so that they can build better lives for themselves and their families, access to quality child care is something we must address.

Central to this is workforce development. Central to this is the public institutions that will educate that workforce.

I think one of the areas I hope to talk about is adult education and what it means to try to bring remediation and assistance.

I would like to begin by very quickly for the record introducing the first panel.

Our economy faces many challenges. Millions remain out of work, and the labor participation rate has declined to thirty-year lows.

I've been doing my part to fight for our device industry in Minnesota and around our country, the American device industry.

Thank you. Amendment No. 2822 I rise in strong support of the child care development and block grant, or CCDBG, and to urge my colleagues to support the amendment Senator Murkowski and I put forward. Our amendment would help strengthen…

I hate that we are in this position. Because I can't speak for the Ranking Member, but I think that he and I both believed that we had addressed this in the National Defense Authorization Act.

So there is a legitimate business decision that is going to have to be made based on cost in dollars and cost in time.

Mr. President, I rise today in support of the bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014. I thank Senator Mikulski for her great leadership, Senator Burr for his leadership, and Senators Harkin and Alexander. We have had…

I've been a long-time advocate as we look at not just airline manufacturing but also defense manufacturing as a whole.

While we are still not where we would like to be, as you know, Dr. Furman, we have made real progress recovering from the recession.

The national unemployment rate of 6.7 percent has dropped 1.2 percentage points since the end of 2012.

I introduced a bipartisan bill with Senator Susan Collins of Maine that requires the Congressional Budget Office to look back at rules and regulations.

GDP has grown for 11 straight quarters, and the CEA projects stronger growth in 2014.

I think immigration reform is the closest thing to a win-win-win that we have identified in economics.