I just want to say that, well, that the chair's line of inquiry here whether or not the Auto Task Force was running GM is an appropriate line of inquiry.

Just briefly, and I thank the gentleman for yielding because, you know, this question about whether or not the government controls GM's decision, that's the focal point here.

It's a chance to conduct oversight, but it's also a chance to take stock of a critical and successful government intervention.

For the record here, Mr. Chairman, my friend Mr. Johnson inserted into the record an e-mail from Greg Martin referencing the revisions made by Frederick Henderson.

I think it is important to identify who the people are.

The return on investment for the public from the restructuring of the domestic auto industry was extraordinary.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing. It's a chance to conduct oversight, but it's also a chance to take stock of a critical and successful government intervention.

this question about whether or not the government controls GM's decision, that's the focal point here.

If a company threatens its employees for engaging in strikes now or in the future, is it a violation of the National Labor Relations Act?

But if, in fact, Boeing planned to transfer jobs away from Washington for the purposes of retaliating against the workers in Washington who were lawfully exercising their right to strike, would that be a violation of the National Labor…

I respect that people in South Carolina are fighting for their constituents because that is what you are supposed to do.

When you have a National Labor Relations Board that is getting--that is actually going against a great American company like Boeing and telling them that they cannot create jobs, the precedent that that sends to any company looking to…

In looking at the National Labor Relations Act, Section 8(a), it describes unfair labor practices.

I am concerned that the workers' rights, which the NLRB decided have been violated by Boeing, would be further violated through any infringement on right to due process.

I want to associate myself with the remarks of Eleanor Holmes Norton with respect to this procedure.

Did you feel you should have received it sooner?

My colleagues, what we really have here is a discussion not so much as to which party has moral superiority here, but it's really a deeper question about what's the purpose of our Nation and whether we are aligned with the Founding…

sometimes out of death comes life.

we do need to leave the political piece at the door and try to figure out, how do we address this problem?

if these guns are flowing to Mexico, basically what we are doing is turning a gun on ourselves.

if President Obama has an explanation, he can tell it to the judge.

Isn't that information you would have expected to have received earlier?

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I yield myself 1 minute. There are those who may hesitate to support my resolution because of the supposed negative impact it will have on the NATO mission and on our image in the eyes of our NATO allies. In the weeks leading up to the…

I yield 2 minutes to the prime cosponsor of this important constitutional initiative, the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton).