Bill Johnson

Just because something can be automated doesn't mean that it should be automated.

I call it decisional information. How are we making sure that we are connecting the dots?

As an IT professional myself for nearly 30 years, architecture and a roadmap of where you are going is vitally important.

Thanks to our panelists for coming today.

I think the point system is challenged by two realities.

I think the evidence is--you know, I look at the demographic trends and realities.

I think there has been a lot of talk about other countries that are, you know, actively engaged in global competition for talent, that is certainly true, but other countries also recognize that it is the entire immigration system that…

I think the political rhetoric around this issue, in general, is divisive and often destructive.

The United States has created the most dynamic, the most flexible, most creative workforce the world has ever seen, and immigrants have always been a part of that equation.

We need to celebrate the Mr. Kamras of the world and lift them up as examples for our kids.

I think we have got some serious problems when it comes to family members of certain visa holders that aren't allowed to be employed in the United States.

The political rhetoric around this issue, in general, is divisive and often destructive.

I realize this is a politically charged question because it is one that the President is very interested in pursuing.

One of the issues that came out in the State of the Union that has been alluded to here several times is the President's insistence that cap-and-trade is still on the table.

If you don't want to see increased operating costs, if you don't want to see your electricity rates go up, then I would simply encourage you, speak out.

It was very specific, because that is what is happening with the shutdown of the coal industry, the elimination of coal-fired power plants, and the attack on hydraulic fracturing and our ability to go after fossil fuels.

The President's insistence that cap-and-trade is still on the table. Climate control is still a big issue.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and first of all, let me say what a privilege and an honor it is to now be a part of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

The American people are looking for accountability.

I want to thank you all for your testimony and the time you took out to come

This legislation will bring a stop to the administration's war on coal by not only stopping the job-destroying rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone rule, but it also contains four bipartisan bills that have already been passed through the…

I am proud that last Congress, the Veterans Fiduciary Act of 2012 passed the House Veterans' Affairs Committee unopposed and passed the Full House by voice vote on September 19th, 2012.

If there is nothing there, what is there to hide?

The people in my district in the State of Ohio are still outraged at this Administration's attack on the coal industry.

I thank you, Mr. Lamborn, for yielding.