Rob Andrews: “I think the beginning of the chairman's remarks were right on point. We have more than 13 million Americans unemployed…”

I understand this is a conceptual proposal, but we don't legislate concepts; we legislate statutes and they have real impact on real people.

Reclaiming my time, the Senate passed a bill to keep the government running at your numbers that you wanted in budget. We are asking, give every Member of this House a fair up-or-down vote on that bill. Will you do that? I yield to the…

I want to enter your contest for a new name for nontraditional students. I would call them survivors.

I think you are doing some of the most important work in our country and you are all doing it very well.