"I look forward to exploring each of the witnesses' recommendations on how we can make America more competitive."
"American competitiveness is so fundamental to what makes this country great."
"Thank you, Chairman Rice, for convening this hearing, and I yield back."
"one of the policy recommendations put forward by your council, the Council on Competitiveness, is to ensure lower cost, easy access to high quality education, and training for all Americans."
"Comprehensive immigration reform is a key issue in Congress right now and it is my hope that we will be able to reach a bipartisan agreement."
"Dr. McIntyre, you talked about the NDEMC system..."
"Hopefully, we can come out of this period we are in right now raising the level of debate and really understanding what the real issues are and working constructively on the things that we all care ab..."
"And thanks also to Ranking member Congresswoman Chu for this chance to explain the plight of the millions of unemployed Americans looking for a chance at any work."
"Mr. Slover, I want to get the basics of cell phone unlocking."
"Voting for it would violate our oaths to uphold the Constitution."
"The fact that the minority has been limited to only one witness demonstrates just what a farce these hearings are."