Joe Courtney

This is pure chaos. How do you destroy a college student-athlete model has worked for all these years? Chaos.

I think this is really a helpful exercise to sort of tease out, again a lot of the issues.

Recognizing the right to unionize does not mean that everybody is going to unionize.

Even conservative Trump-appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh agrees. Two years ago he said, "the NCAA business model would be flatly illegal in almost any other industry in the United States."

We should reject political narratives that focus more on stoking culture wars than assuring student success and safety.

I want to urge my republican colleagues to consider constructive ways that we as policymakers can protect students from discrimination and hostile learning environments.

I very much support this Biden administration's Retirement Security Rule, and encourage the Department of Labor to promptly finalize it.

He wants there to be a balance between regulation by the states, and regulation by the Department of Labor.

I think that is important to note that people should take a deep breath here, and just sort of recognize...

I mean, with that logic, the 1975 Five Part Rule really should be like repealed and eliminated.

I appreciate the fact that you say you do not want to repeal the 1975 law. I think that is very inconsistent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And at the outset of my remarks I just want to thank Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Meeks...

They, again, will pounce on the failure to follow through on this as an example that it's really never going to happen

Congress must shift its focus to support, not obstruct, the Wage and Hour Division's progress to deliver for workers, children, and families.

I thank you for your leadership in introducing the Missing Children Assistance Reauthorization Act.

The work of NCMEC is too critical to be caught up in the dysfunction of Congress.

I am proud to cosponsor this bill, and call on my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support this legislation.

It is unacceptable that we have let NCMEC's authorization lapse.

It is the largest operating military installation in New England with the Groton Submarine Base, which is in my district, and they all have to figure out a way to co-exist, to make sure that we protect the biodiversity of Long Island Sound.

But with Rosa's help, particularly, we have really gotten serious about efforts to clean up the Sound.

And, again, just to set the stage a little bit in terms of Connecticut's interest in this legislation, I represent the 2nd Congressional District, whose coastline extends basically from the Connecticut River to the Rhode Island border.

This time-sensitive, bipartisan bill would reauthorize the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Act.

I am the lead Democratic sponsor on the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act.

I want to thank again Congressman LaLota. We have worked together on this bill, and it is very bipartisan, two states, bicameral.

To me that is a step backward, and that is where, as a former small employer, before I came to Congress.