Carl Levin: “We have begun the transition to Afghan security responsibility, which is to be completed by December 2014.”

This amendment is truly amazing to me as a longtime union organizer. It seeks to undermine the freedom of contract, the ability of employers and unions to agree on how to handle a situation freely together. The shock of giving the…

May I inquire of the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 16\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 13\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The tired rhetoric about big labor, big labor, big labor, the organizations that workers create and pay for themselves to advocate their interests; yes, there is a lot of support for this bill from the labor movement. This bill is also…

I would just point out that the grants in Title II do not have mandatory partners. They require partners to the extent practicable in a given situation. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Mrvan), a member of…