Now, I understand that the budget on the floor today would cut nearly $100 million from OSHA's budget, almost a 40 percent cut.

What would it mean to the taxpayer who is sitting at home watching you testify today?

every worker and every employee in this country should have that right. We should never take that right away.

I think we have a right to do that. I think it is one of the most fundamental rights.

I think the better course of action would be for the Congress to enact the Secret Ballot Protection Act to avoid all of this litigation.

over 80 percent of its nearly 300 decisions since April 2010 were unanimous.

Congratulations on your election to the chairmanship of this subcommittee, and thank you for the gentile and open spirit.

I think that the American people have sounded a clarion call for us to put aside our differences and work together.

As we meet this morning, there are 15 million Americans officially unemployed.

What would you think about the idea of freeing up Pell dollars to be used by these kind of students for early college courses?

Let's put these decisions in the local hands. Let's have data-driven evaluations that identify teachers as highly effective.