"It is not a union/nonunion issue. It is enforcing a level playing field."
"The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act (EMPA) would amend the FLSA to require employers to keep records."
"One of the key suggestions was taking steps to ensure that our communities are places where people want to live and to work."
"Prepared statement."
"The report outlined a number of critical smart growth and livability ideas that we are already working on."
"That is why last year Senator Schumer and I introduced the Community Regeneration, Sustainability, and Innovation Act."
"We do not necessarily know how to manage shrinkage, and that is something that this legislation that Senator Schumer and I have worked on will do."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thanks for holding the hearing and for your leadership on livability issues."
"I am preparing to introduce legislation--called the DIPLOMA Act--that will help communities coordinate, integrate, and provide services to strengthen student achievement."
"I hope that in light of the case you made... this brings us to real consensus on not what we do programmatically, but also on spending the money we need on early childhood education."
"It is interesting, Madam Chairman, when I first heard that I was going to be on this Subcommittee, I said, 'Oh, gosh, contracting. That is pretty boring.' But with all due respect, it is getting more ..."