George Miller

But the fact of the matter was that we know at that time that students were counseled--parents were counseled that you might want--if you need a doctor's appointment we are only testing today so take your son or daughter to the doctor.

There is nothing more important for families around this country than the quality education of their children.

The report of children out of school--if you were Hispanic in this country your chances of suspension, I don't know how many times.

Even one injury is too many because it means that a friend or colleague has been hurt.

I concluded my written statement to the committee with three 'Ts': restore TRUST, eliminate TRANSACTIONAL oversight; and TURN OVER management to the people you hired to manage.

Regrettably, the two bills we are examining today do not reflect those values.

presently the NNSA laboratories are under severe stress in their ability to perform their vital missions because they are substantially and increasingly constrained by the manner in which Federal management and oversight is implemented.

I believe that safety and quality are critical ingredients in everything we do; it is a continuous focus and is as important as breathing.

And when I came to Congress if you were in a wheelchair you could not get into the classrooms.

'Flexibility' often gets raised when people are trying to avoid accountability.

I am a proud co-author of that law.

In my view, good safety management starts with the perspective that there is no such thing as an 'accident'--safety incidents are the consequence of breakdown of one or more of the safety systems.

Seems to me you can't quite have it both ways.

Their message to Congress was 'work together.' Put aside divisive issues.

Under our system of labor relations, like it or not neither the federal courts nor the states have any jurisdiction whatsoever to administer our national laws.

Instead, they both made a compelling case that past efforts here in Washington, like the Recovery Act and the auto rescue, saved this country from an even deeper crisis.

As long as the NLRA and the NLRB stand, they must be permitted to function.

This board has been under assault, as have workers' rights, all across the country at every level of government.

I think my conclusion would be, at the end of this hearing, is that this should be in the Supreme Court.

Had President Obama not made the three recess appointments to the board on January 3 there would have been, we all agree, a two-person quorum-less board that would have shut down.

I think I know the answer I like. I am stunned that George Bush didn't--when you see a construct that is admitted to, designed to prevent you from exercising your constitutional authority, I think you may have an obligation to challenge…

work together. Put aside divisive issues.

I hope Speaker Boehner's comments are a commitment, rather, to oversight and that we will be able to work together in an effort to grow our economy and to create new jobs.

I can't tell you how important it is that Congress hears directly on the realities that you and your families face because of the lack of adequate housing.

I want to thank you for your leadership on this issue and the Committee on Education and the Workforce.