I am interested to hear from today's witnesses on how mandatory minimum wage increases affected the economies in the Territories and hurt revenue sources on the islands.
The practice of allowing wage rate flexibility in American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands ended in 2007.
I recently saw a MSNBC interview with Chairman Fleming regarding the taxes and the costs of doing business...
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The Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted in 1938.
Where did they get that information?
Only three short years ago we had no idea really what the Haynesville shale is, was or would be in the future, and it has turned out that it...
Well, yes, but the type of shale formations that we have today you are going to get very little yield out of vertical wells. We have to go h...
But we have been doing it for 60 years, sir, and we have no evidence that there is a problem. Why do we want to ban it first and then ask qu...
Are we really being penny wise and pound foolish by spending so much money on things that have a very vague and maybe long term aspect?
Commercial and recreational fisheries supporting 1.9 million jobs, and generating $163 billion in sales impact in 2008.