"The GLRI is protecting public health in the Great Lakes more than any other coordinated interagency effort in the U.S. history."
"Another issue I feel very strongly about is the environmental threat the algae blooms pose to Lake Erie which is in my district."
"I supported my colleague from Ohio. It is tough for a Michigander to support Ohio at times especially after the game 2 weeks ago, but I supported Bob Latta's legislation in 2015 that required the EPA ..."
"This century has a vastly different business landscape than the last."
"Business as usual just doesn't work for working families anymore."
"Today's workers are starting to consider these paid leave policies alongside other traditional, tangible benefits."
"If you could just get some passion about your legislation, it would go a long way."
"George Miller was a proud liberal lion of this committee."
"We owe it to workers, retirees, employers, and taxpayers to put politics aside, as we've done in the past."
"George Miller was a liberal lion of this Committee. While we very often disagreed, I admired his commitment to ensuring Americans have the ability to retire with dignity."
"They put politics aside, worked with employers and labor unions, and negotiated a set of reforms to the multiemployer pension system."
"As we proceed, I believe we should be guided by the simple principle that it is not the fault of the workers or the retirees' that their pension plan is on the brink of insolvency."