Mr. President, this amendment is not about protecting jobs, because the bill already does that. We carve out a role for nonprofit lenders to service loans. We provided $50 million in this bill to incentivize companies--private companies…

My goal is to inspire people to stand up for the Constitution, to stand up for fiscal responsibility and stand up for the rule of law.

Madam Speaker, I very much appreciate being able to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and what has been referred to in the past as the world's greatest deliberative body--and what has to struggle…

I look forward to continuing to work with you.

But, still far too many people do not have a job.

I am committed to achieving the goal of Good Jobs for Everyone, and I look forward to working with the members of this subcommittee to make that vision a reality.

Your budget, the 2011 budget request, will provide OSHA the resources it needs to address these regulatory issues that have been so neglected in the past.

This is a very high priority for me. It's something that I've been looking after for a long, long time.

I have a great picture of us throwing shovels of dirt in the air at the Job Corps Center.

Thank you for your leadership on ILAB.

The worker protection measures that you have talked about are heartwarming. It's about time that we recognize what has happened in the past.

I might point out I have my Franklin Roosevelt tie on today, as a reminder of what we are about to witness.

Thanks to President Obama and to the team he has around him, including you, and thanks to actions taken by Congress in the recovery bill, it seems that the economy is stabilizing.

I'm wondering about that 6-month gap, and I'd ask you to look at that.

I can't tell you how many I talked to last summer that--you know, were thrilled with what they were doing.

Your emphasis on green jobs--let's face it, that is the future.

I have to go to the White House for the signing of the healthcare bill.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. And I know that since he had a little trouble sleeping last night, if he has a little longer period of time to vent himself tonight, he may be able to get caught up with this and rest a little. But I do…