"Thank you for being the voice of small business, which creates 7 out of every 10 new jobs in this country."
"The administrative agencies under the executive branch obviously executing their constitutional authority to promulgate rules by giving the House of Representatives and Congress oversight over that."
"I don't think there is anything we can address immediately that would be more important than this."
"How many start college and then don't finish? Frankly, I see a lot of those students."
"I have met a ton of people in our community here who want to work who don't have a way to get to work."
"I just want to throw two ideas to the panel for discussion."
"Well over 80 percent of people who are currently inmates will be released at some point, and we need to think about that."
"Currently, the United States economy is improving, with relatively low unemployment and increased job creation."
"Those businesses employ almost 50 percent of our workers."
"Funding, funding to your colleagues. Don't let them push this aside, you know."
"I applaud the House of Representatives for passing, I think, last year, reauthorization of the Perkins Act."