I would like to commend the Department for their implementation of the new STAX income protection program.

In the State of Georgia, we have created almost 300,000 jobs since 2006. I am proud to say we have got the finest workers in America, and I want those workers to have the freedom to make their decisions and not the NLRB.

I am always interested when we are talking about workers and I hear that people want to talk about what is best for workers. I will tell you that I am a new Member of Congress, and I have had the privilege the past 30 years of my life to…

We are spending energy talking about raising the minimum wage when we have got great-paying jobs out there.

When you are under the kind of budget situation that we meet with our region 6 and they talk about their tightness of resources all the time, and when you come out with a rule like this that is going to require more, sometimes it is better…

What bothers me is that they just don't seem to want to know what you are thinking. How do we solve whatever problem we have here, and so they create all this uncertainty, and everyone is up in arms about it because you are talking about a…

I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for yielding 30 seconds. Madam Chair, I think we all agree that No Child Left Behind does not work. I think we all agree that every child deserves a good education. That is what H.R. 5 provides. It…

I thank the gentlewoman from North Carolina for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, we all agree that every child deserves the absolute best education, but that is really not what is at issue for those who oppose the Student Success Act…

Thank you. Like I said, this school produces through innovation and teaching techniques. It changes the cycle. What would happen to these children in the public school system under the guidance of the Federal Government for the last 50…

I appreciate the opportunity to come before you to talk about and support H.R. 5, the Student Success Act. Mr. Speaker, this is legislation to replace No Child Left Behind, to restore local control over education, and to empower parents…

We encourage Congress to make the Hunger Free Communities a stand-alone component of the farm bill with mandatory funding to increase the capacity of states developing innovative partnerships.

I ran on the basis that Washington was too big and it really did too much, and it really impeded the private sector from growing.