Rob Andrews

It is not a matter of whether the Senators agree or disagree with President Obama's nominees, it is that they won't even put them up for a vote so we can have them considered.

I am not sure what the official count is, but I think we are still in the neighborhood of 8 million to 9 million unemployed people in our country officially, and that is the number one problem in the country as far as I am concerned that…

Mr. Andrews said it was his view that the bill introduced last Congress did not apply equally to union certification and decertification.

There are five witnesses in the hearing, four of them are on one side of the question, one is on the other.

I thank my friend. The way to solve this problem is to emulate the example Chairman McKeon and Mr. Smith have given us: have a fair, transparent, open process; debate the issues; make some difficult choices. There are other difficult…

I really appreciate the testimony of the witnesses. And, Mr. DeFrehn, let me compliment you and your coalition...

I just want to compliment the chairman on the way he has conducted this inquiry.

I thank my friends and colleagues for joining in this moment of solemn remembrance. There is not a corner of our State that does not bear the manifestation of the greatness of Senator Lautenberg's career. Some of the manifestations are…

You and perhaps others under your supervision are doing exactly what Secretary Thompson did for Medicare Part D, it is my understanding.

Secretary Sebelius, I want to talk a little bit more about the Medicare Part D enrollment process the Bush administration used.

I thank my friend. This bill will probably pass the floor. It will go nowhere, and we will be back sometime in late June trying to solve this problem. Let's have a democratic vote with a small D. Let's let the House vote on all the…

In closing, this is an example of how we can work together and accomplish something constructive for the American people. I am pleased to support this bill, and I would urge a ``yes'' vote. I yield back the balance of my time.

Sometimes the time picks you; sometimes you pick the time. Today, sadly, the time has picked us.

If we refuse to act now, if we refuse to show courage and collective will in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, I think we will never act.

I absolutely refuse to accept the status quo.

I thank my friend. Massachusetts added nine-tenths of 1 percent of part-time jobs to the workforce. The country was 0.8. So if this bill is going to force all of these employers to drop their hours from full time to part time, why didn't…

The committee staffs who were involved in writing the bill are Federal employees subject to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act. There have been many distortions about this law; this is just one of them. I want to point out that one…

The House deserves a vigorous debate on any question. It also deserves the factual record. The President, the Vice President, and the employees of the executive branch are subject to the law in the following way: because they receive…

I don't think you can overstate the importance of math skills in the global economic competition in which we find ourselves.

The obstacles to Afghan women both joining the military and the police and remaining in the military and police are myriad

Maybe the committee could ask the witnesses to evaluate this idea of women in our Armed Forces being given some special institutional role to help the Afghan women.

I think we certainly ought to talk to women leaders in our Armed Forces.

I think one of the best ways to assure the fair and good treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan is to try to increase the power and influence that Afghan women have over various institutions within that country.

This committee is not late to this process. But I would ask my colleagues to make a joint effort to get to the floor something that would end this problem.

I want to thank the chairman and Mr. Smith for long before this sequestration became a reality, they were sounding the sentinel about what it would mean.