The cruise industry is growing in Hawaii, and that is a good thing.

Whatever happened to debarment? I mean, don't we have any kind of teeth with that? I mean, what happened to the good old days----

On rollcall No. 22, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' ____________________

I don't know what's the matter with us when we don't learn from history. After the Great Depression, we passed the Social Security Act. Two major components: One is to keep our seniors safe in their years of retirement, and the second, to…

It is sad for our country that today the U.S. House is voting on H.R. 3094, yet another bill to roll back workers' rights. Today's bill does nothing for the number one issue on people's minds in Hawaii and around the country: creating new…

On rollcall Nos. 854, 855, and 856, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on all the above. personal explanation

Increasing our national capacity to invest in infrastructure is what our country needs right now.

If we really cared about fair elections and fair efforts at organizing, then I think that there should be something in this bill that allows for the organizers to have access to the employee.

The proposal we are examining today was laid out by President Obama in his American Jobs Act.

I should think that we would want to put that kind of provision--it is still, if we really want to be fair about things.

In this bill once a community of interest group of employees is identified...an employer who seeks to expand the bargaining unit...organizers would have to get more and more signatures in order to proceed with an election.

I want to thank Chair Petri for convening this session to bring us up to date on what is happening with NextGen.