Carl Levin: “And if you operated within the guidelines, you considered that that decision as to what to buy and sell was yours.”

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…

May I inquire as to how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Michigan has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from North Carolina has 3\1/4\ minutes remaining.

Let me just mention, the gentlewoman is so right that it is a floor. One of these arguments that we hear is, ``We don't want one-size-fits-all,'' right? Well, first of all, as a labor lawyer, the minimum wage has been one national wage the…

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…