George Miller: “Mr. Chairman, again, thank you very much for the hearing. I think you heard from our members how important they thought…”

It is ironic to me that I hear people talk about you cannot pass legislation because we need to respect state water rights.

The approach we have put forward, which is backed by business and labor leaders, will secure the multiemployer pension system for millions of current and future retirees' inputs.

Let's identify the problems. Let's pass a lean bill and fix No Child Left Behind.

This bill will do much more harm than good and we cannot afford to cause any further damage to an ecosystem that is oversubscribed and in jeopardy.