"It is imperative that the government does not unfairly compete at the expense of small businesses."
"Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to be in front of you, and Ranking Member Chu, thank you for your time and your attention."
"Competition with the private sector by Federal Prison Industries is an issue that is important not only to those of us on the West Side of Michigan or in Michigan in particular, but really across the ..."
"Carolyn Maloney has been a long-time supporter of this initiative and worked with Congressman Hoekstra at the time."
"Taking jobs away from honest, hardworking Americans in the process though, is not how we accomplish this goal."
"Correct. Yeah. We all make it locally. Yeah."
"Well, other than UNICOR, they are obviously not real interested in moving in that direction."
"I can tell you that when we explain it, especially for a number of the freshmen that are coming in who have not dealt with this in the past, you kind of get that same reaction where it is like, really..."
"And obviously, by those votes, it is rare to see 350+ votes for anything, but you know, this was a culmination of many, many years of work."
"And when that dot bomb happened, the dotcom bubble burst, suddenly they were looking for business."
"We do take every opportunity to demand market access, and we saw, again, a very important step forward by China."
"We think China should undertake the same policies, that it would be only fair for us and very beneficial for the dynamism of their economy."