Howard P. McKeon: “I urge members of this committee to encourage these efforts by staying out of their way.”

These cuts embolden our enemies and jeopardize U.S. national security.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

It takes great leadership to guide people through the kind of uncertainty we have been experiencing.

Today's hearing is a transparent attempt by Democratic leaders to appease the labor union special interests that helped put them in office by attacking decisions of the N.L.R.B. that they do not view as sufficiently pro-union.