"this is a great debate that we are having here today."
"the PRO Act would undermine the rights of workers in States."
"this hearing today seems not to be an exception to that."
"$16 million went to Members of Congress from public sector--political contributions, public sector unions."
"union leadership in the public and private sector alike have a long history of corruption, embezzlement, and other wrongdoings"
"we have talked about the Supreme Court decision last year which righted the ship as far as a significant win for workers rights and the First Amendment."
"This is a debate that frankly has been going on for 4,000 years. It is all played out in God's word, and it continues here today. Religious freedom is the cornerstone of the great American experiment."
"Many of our southern commodities like blueberries are regional crops, they are concentrated in certain areas of the state, and those developing the crop insurance products are just not there; they are..."
"What I hear from all of my farmers in my district is that the crop insurance, even under the new farm bill, it will not deal with disasters; it just doesn't work for disasters, like we have seen."
"one of the benefits of a growing economy is we also are creating lots of jobs and lots of opportunity."
"one of the things that I have learned here is one of the benefits of a growing economy is we also are creating lots of jobs and lots of opportunity."