Workers should not be punished for following guidelines from the nation's health experts, and we all have a stake in ensuring that those who prepare and serve our food, teach our children, care for our elderly, or even ride our public…

When working parents go to work sick, they risk infecting the entire workforce.

The new study finds that guaranteed paid sick days would reduce the spread of pandemic and seasonal flu.

Paid sick leave also decreases turnover and its associated costs, increases employee morale and satisfaction and ultimately enhances profitability and success.

This bill would be great for our economy if more people went on vacation.

We could lose between 2,000 and 3,000 jobs if we cut production there.

I was in Aviano not too long ago, and the airmen there talked about their interest in the F-22.

If we deal with the cutting the production of the F-22, we will in fact lead to more job losses.

The first is about the F-22, which in my view is critical to the security of the Nation and our ability to respond to all kinds of air combat capabilities.

Standards have to be part of it.

Can we-will we put together a plan that will give every kid universal preschool in the very near future?

I have legislation called the Balancing Act that is an omnibus bill.

We have to stop putting them in that place.

I have a bill to strengthen the standards for--and the safety standards for child care centers also.

The Commission made many recommendations but at its heart subjected a shift, as I understand it, from our current funding approach that is based largely on indirect user fees, the gas tax, and a new system based around direct user charges…

We need to change the perspective of service within these underserved communities.

Service is an incredible thing, and it should be something that is not only just the right thing to do but the cool thing to do.

I join the hundreds of thousands of young people around the country who have made service a part of their daily lives, to encourage your continued leadership on this very important issue.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, 'the time is always right do to what is right.'

Senator Dodd and Congresswoman DeLauro have written the Encore Service Act which includes the Silver Scholars program--highlighted by Congressman Sestak--an initiative that encourages older adults to continue lifelong learning and apply it…

This Congress faces many pressing issues, beginning with stemming the economic crisis, but through these challenges can come tremendous opportunity.

I can't think of a greater contribution to our communities than time--our time--and not a greater reward for that time than a returned investment in our future.

Again, thank you for this opportunity to share the views of the National Council on Aging regarding civic engagement initiatives for older Americans.

Any true change always comes because people come together and make their voices heard.

What are the alternatives? What's more cost-effective and still maintaining national security?