Tim Walberg

I especially want to thank Ms. Whitaker and Captain Brewer for being here as evidences of the public sector employees that this legislation would definitely deal with.

The two pieces of legislation we're here to discuss today are another Democrat attempt to put the thumb on the scale in favor of forced unionization.

Workers should have a right to secret-ballot elections and should be free to decide for themselves.

Government unions create perverse incentives that do not exist in the private sector.

Private-sector workers should be allowed to make workplace decisions for themselves, like the choice to join and pay a union or not.

It takes away their choice.

This is a debate worth having.

Democrats insist these basic protections threaten the right to organize. I don't see that.

If there is one thing this country doesn't need, it is more Federal overreach.

If there's one thing this country doesn't need, it's more Federal overreach.

the two pieces of legislation we are here to discuss today are, I believe, another Democrat attempt to put the thumb on the scale in favor of forced unionization.

Rather than impose its will on individual States, Congress should respect these differences of opinion among the States and allow them to remain laboratories, as it were.

In a union that wasn't perfect, in fact this union, as our framers and founders said, we were to make a more perfect union.

I rise having an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division D (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds…

Based upon that and, also, an understanding of the chairwoman's willingness to at least look at how we can find an adequate solution to meet the needs of our servicemembers who have given their all for our great country, I am willing to…

I appreciate the comments of my good friend and colleague from Alabama. We are not attempting to take away civil asset forfeiture as a tool. We are simply saying that due process ought to be carried out in every part of our judicial…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

That is exciting to hear, and I wanted to hear more about that.

This is an exciting hearing and I think we are starting to get the concept around here that our education institutions ought to be serving the best interest that we have for careers and jobs.

How do you develop that relationship with business and industry so that they actually work with you and oh by the way, maybe pay the students as they are going through the internships?

I am hopeful that we can find bipartisan consensus as we move forward.

While I appreciate my friend and colleague from Virginia and his concern about this issue, I have to oppose the amendment because it would prevent the administration from continuing its important work to finalize proposed rules to examine…

I have introduced H.R. 1502, as you know, the PURPA Modernization Act, to help address these issues.

with a little luck--and a little push--from both Congress as well as FERC, we could shake it up and bring our energy laws into the 21st century and lower costs for consumers.

I would truly encourage FERC to push as far as you can into bringing PURPA into the 21st century.