Lynn C. Woolsey

This Congress and Administration are killing even the possibility of new jobs.

If we have a workforce shortage and we are trying to recruit and we are trying to retain, then we have got to focus in terms of what is going to be that biggest population, which is going to be women, and address this. Otherwise, there…

And it boggles my mind that 30 years later, in the 21st century, that any employer would rather have employees come to work sick than provide them the time off they need to recover.

The Health Families Act fixes that. It provides up to 7 days of sick leave per year per worker.

I just don't think we provide a complete product to the teachers when these children are hungry or scared or sick.

I have introduced legislation, the Every Student Counts Act, to address the dropout crisis that hasn't been fixed under the No Child Left Behind model.

As you look at the Race to the Top funds and other programs that incentivize innovation, how is the Administration planning to work with states and school districts to make sure more girls and minorities are becoming interested in and…

This is torture for these children. Do we need an anti-torture legislation for our schools?

That should be a federal law, as far as I am concerned, that if any teacher harms a child, they should definitely lose their license.

This is the United States of America. This is the 21st century. These are our children, and we must protect them.

This is torture for these children.

If any teacher harms a child, they should definitely lose their license.

Unfortunately, current nutrition standards for foods sold at school but outside of the school meal programs are inconsistent, and they are often unhealthy.

Our schools can have a very powerful impact on the way our children eat and the lessons they learn about healthy living.

No wonder, Madam Chairwoman, that child obesity is becoming an epidemic.

As we move forward to reauthorize the Child Nutrition Act, we must keep the goal of reducing childhood obesity in mind while remaining conscious of the impacts of new mandates on our local school districts.

With WIC and child nutrition programs set to be reauthorized this year, we have an opportunity to actually take bold steps to reverse these dangerous trends.

I believe, however, that parents have the most important role--as the primary caretaker of their child's well-being--to ensure that their children remain active and consume nutritious meals.

So, we need to provide a series of programs to protect the worker from loss of pay and from loss of any punitive retribution if they do stay home.

One of the sure ways to stop an epidemic or a pandemic is for a sick child not to go to school and a sick employee to stay home from work.

Certainly our number one concern is the health of every American, everybody around the world, when it comes to a pandemic.

Forty years after Dr. King was assassinated is time enough to hold companies accountable for practices that kill and injure workers.

Companies like Waste Management should not be allowed to cut corners and compromise safety.

The problem is, Mr. Price, that when you look at the individual cases there are still far, far too many cases of workplace fatalities, injury and illnesses that could clearly be prevented.

I am totally confident that OSHA, under the watchful eyes of the Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, and her Assistant Secretary will do all that it can do to make large companies--in fact, all companies--accountable for the safety and health…