I spoke yesterday with a very well-known Cleveland talk show host, Mike Trivisonno, who told me he and his listeners, who are many, are concerned that an al Qaeda flag is flying over the courthouse in Benghazi, Libya. It was put there by…

We want to get America back to work, but guess what? America gets back to work, we ought to make sure people are paid.

I mean, think about this economy. You get poor people who aren't being paid for work they are doing.

I fail to understand how in the world we are helping our economy by ignoring the fact that low-wage workers aren't being paid for work that they are doing.

America inevitably is going to have to go in a direction of green.

I think it would be interesting for us to have a hearing just with the Department of Defense on this issue

If Federal dollars are being spent, we expect the workmanship to be good.

We want to do everything we can to lower their energy costs.

Energy efficiency can serve as a force multiplier, increasing the range and endurance of forces in the field.

America cannot rely on coal, which is a nonsustainable form of energy, one that is damaging to our environment, for our long-term energy needs.

We don't want to tell them that they are not going to have access to a weatherization program.

Can investors make money investing in green energy or not?

I think government does have a role to play here, and a very important role.

You are not concluding, based on that, that all weatherization programs don't work; is that right?

I have long been an advocate of plussing up the NASA budget for the purposes of looking at areas of developing green microtechnologies where you could theoretically--now, it is theoretical--create millions of new jobs involved in the…

We must be willing to make investments going forward.

the run-up to this meeting, and generally to the critical analysis of the administration's inability to be able to bring forward a massive greenworks program, should not in any way deter us from moving forward with an effort on the part of…

the market sometimes will go for the short-term gain, using whatever resources are there, to max them out immediately for maximum profit, without any necessary concern about the society at large and about the future potential.

Isn't part of your responsibility to protect the residents of Virginia and not put them at greater risk for illness or even premature death due to air pollution?

Is it your responsibility to protect the people of Virginia from air pollution-related illnesses that could cause premature death?

17,000 lives a year are on the line with respect to these regulations.

I yield 3 minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from Maine, a champion of workers' rights, Ms. Pingree.

I have listened carefully to this debate, and I know that my good friend Mr. Levin and my friend Mr. Camp have worked to try to craft an agreement that they feel is in the best interest of this country. But this debate cannot pass without…

Since I came to Congress, I've worked together with Congresswoman Kaptur in challenging these unfair trade agreements, and I am proud to yield 4 minutes to the gentlelady from Ohio for her presentation.

H.R. 3094 would allow employers to water down any potential bargaining unit.