Mike Braun

There is no replacement for a union. It is important.

It is a broken industry. Larger and larger companies control it.

I do not think the SEC should be one of them.

I believe Congress should be smart on the entire discussion of climate, including Republicans.

I think it is even more important for these solutions to probably be crafted in the States where the rubber meets the road.

We are currently running nearly $1.5 trillion in deficits each year, and that is roughly 30 percent of our budget.

We are transitioning everywhere across America, where we obviously got an underpaid workforce.

It needs to be fixed. It needs to be saved.

I have got a bill out there, the JOBS Act, with Senator Kaine that would allow Pell grants to be used for this type of training and certification.

This is a Committee that in the time I have been here, we have covered more terrain--we really can't legislate through it, but we can talk about a lot of issues.

We could certainly lessen the damage in the short run, but I think it's pretty clear from the evidence that that will work for if we can do it at a really transformational scale over the next decade, perhaps two decades.

Should we be harvesting more timber then as a prevention for it?

But our biggest issue in the Midwest would not be wildfires. We don't have them generally. It would be invasive species.

Senator Sanders and I have talked about that. It is a broken industry.

I have been clear that when it comes to large corporations and the ability to effectively bargain with them, there is no replacement for a union.

I do not think the SEC should be one of them.

I believe Congress should be smart on the entire discussion of climate, including Republicans.

No one should go broke in this country because they get sick or have a bad accident.

No one should go broke in this country because they get sick or have a bad accident.

The only solution, if there is one that eventually in the long term prevents us falling off a financial cliff, a fiscal cliff is economic growth.

No one should go broke in this country because they get sick or have a bad accident.

This is the Budget Committee and we haven't put one together fully budgeted and appropriate on time in 25 years.

If we don't weigh in on big issues of the day shame on us.

I will take one to the floor again because it's our responsibility to our kids and grandkids not to run this place like we currently run it.

This is the Budget Committee and we haven't put one together fully budgeted and appropriate on time in 25 years.