I had an amendment, which is being shut off today, which I think actually really addresses the problem. Under the structure of the employer mandate that came out of the Senate, when an employer goes from 49 to 50 employees, the employer is…

Tomorrow night in Hartford, Connecticut, at the State capital, there will be a solemn annual event, where 10 veterans are inducted into the Connecticut Veterans Hall of Fame. This is a ceremony which dates back to 2005 in which 10 veterans…

Any Secretary of Defense who advises the President to engage in a ground invasion in the Middle East ought to have their head examined.

In my opinion, any future defense secretary who advises the President to again send a big American land Army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should have his head examined, as General McArthur so delicately put it.

In 2011, former Secretary Robert Gates, as he was departing office, gave a speech at the West Point academy in which he said: In my opinion, any future Defense Secretary who advises the President to again send a big American land army into…

One healthy thing has occurred over the last few days, which is that folks on both sides of this measure, I think, have come to the realization that we as a Congress need to be engaged in terms of these types of decisions. To their credit…

We should instead be finding opportunities to work together to bolster this nation's civil rights laws.

These provisions help ensure that American workers are judged on the work they do - not on who they are, where they are from, or what they look like.

As Congressman Courtney pointed out, there are obvious constitutional problems with exempting state and local governments from Title VII.

A legislative response, which is really, you know, what is on the agenda here today--is a fool's errand.

Thank you to all the witnesses for the time you devoted here this morning.

5423 is a blunt instrument which even Mr. Dreiband's testimony acknowledged, you know, kind of sets in motion a mechanism which sweeps up a much more damaging path as far as the--what it could do to individuals, who have nothing to do with…

This summer we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, one of the most significant steps in the fight for equality in this nation's history.

The issue, really, is that this is, I think, our third hearing or possibly our fourth hearing on EEOC over the last two years.

Instead, we are wasting valuable time with a set of misguided bills that impede the operations of the EEOC, and attempt to gut Title VII.

there was clear latitude that, you know, that sort of guidance allows for common sense decision-making by employers.

I would just ask unanimous consent to submit a statement from Congresswoman Marcia Fudge.

So, again, all I would just say is that, you know, if there are issues that, you know, you feel are still a problem out there, Ms. Clemens--I mean, frankly, you know, that is something that I think that all of us up here are more than…

Thank you, Chairman Walberg, and thank you to all the witnesses for finding time to join us here today.

criminal background checks if not used, you know, sensibly, can have the net effect of harming or excluding people from employment who--particularly the African-American and Latinos.

I think this Committee really needs to understand, if you talk about Kaplan, if you talk about People Mart, I think Crist is one of those also.

Good Help is Harder to Find.

If we would actually pass the minimum wage bill, there is an estimate in terms of the billions of savings for the taxpayer.

The best way to reduce food stamp expenditures is to increase employment and earnings.

In the small group market, what we are seeing is that since the enrollment ended for the individual market, the shop exchange, as the small market is called, tripled in terms of small businesses in the State of Connecticut that enrolled…