Luke Messer

It wouldn't be fair that we would be paying for that health care law on the backs of schools across this country.

It creates anxiety in the U.S. and global economy for no good purpose.

Will these policies hurt the very people that they are designed to protect?

I think we have a moral obligation to stand by our veterans, and not only appreciate them while they are serving, but help them transition into civilian life.

Thank you all again for your service to your country, and I want to thank you for your service now, which is equally important to the veterans that you help transition into the workplace.

I mean, to me, this is the ultimate win-win. I mean, not only are we doing right by our veterans, but these business entities get people with the skills and values they need to be successful, too.

I think we have to rethink as a country are we doing everything we can to serve our veterans.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 21, strike ``and''. Page 4, line 25, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 4, after…

Those families are a mosaic of our state. Every race, color, and creed, religion, economic background, all just looking for an opportunity to have their shot at the American dream.

The best way to determine what is the best path for a child's future is to let that parent decide.

I believe it is the civil rights issue of our time.

Why do you need to be protected from yourself?

If we bring forward policies that actually end up hurting the very people that we are saying we are trying to protect, that does not make sense for anybody.

In life and in public policy, we are not only accountable for our intentions, we are also accountable for your results.

I appreciate the gentleman's comments. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer). The question…

But if you put regulatory burdens on these franchises in a way where they don't have the additional revenue to increase wages, you are going to hurt the very people that you are trying to help.

We all want to see workers in America treated fairly in the workplace, but if the decisions of the NLRB destroy the franchise model, you won't just hurt the people who own those franchises; you will hurt all the workers who would lose…

We want to see them protected. The reason we are concerned about this rule is it may give them less protection than they have in the current marketplace.

Do you believe that this fiduciary rule standard that they are putting forward will make that more likely to happen for middle-class families or less likely?

And this Administration, often the policies that they are putting forward end up hurting the very people that they are designed to help.

This makes no sense to me. These investments are some of the safest investments in the world.

The Fed should be independent and it ought to make independent monetary policy decisions, particularly in the short term, but the Fed was created by Congress.

I think when the American people look at the financial crisis and the response to the financial crisis, frankly, they are mad.

I think one of the things we have got to remember as policymakers is we aren't just accountable for our intentions, we are also accountable for our results.