We now have two decades of hard evidence disproving that theory.

Congress could stop giving preferential treatment to this kind of income, to wealth income--stocks and dividends--over work.

The global response to Ebola underscores the need for well-functioning and effective health and public health systems across the world.

Fighting epidemics in developing countries presents unique challenges.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

Thank you for holding this hearing allowing me to be here today.

I am pleased to have joined Chairman Harkin in introducing the Schedules that Work Act.

I hope to continue to work with Senator Harkin to advance our bill so that some flexibility and some sensibleness is appropriate and available to all workers in the case of trying to make reasonable schedules.

The President of the United States asked you to serve your country by joining the NLRB, and your first appointment was consistent with this long, bipartisan tradition of recess appointments.

So, we are not going to be back here a year from now having this same conversation again.

Thank you for your willingness to serve and thank you, in particular, for your willingness to serve at the NLRB so that we can have a Board that fairly represents the people of this country.