John Tierney: “If it was dead, we wouldn't still be beating it.”

I just know that we have been making a comparison here today that if we could change the committee's function off of trying to usurp a decision by the board that hasn't been made yet, we could talk about raising the minimum wage, which in…

This project is totally out of control.

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. George Miller), who is the ranking member of the committee and, as the chairman of the committee has said, is no stranger to this issue. He has been a…

At this time, I would like to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Ruben Hinojosa, who has been deeply involved in the passage of this bill.