"a 28-percent rate would be a positive rate, and it would put us in a position to be globally competitive."
"I will tell you that the seven basis points that you increase it by may mitigate risk, but at the same time, it really passes on a greater burden to the consumer."
"the conversation that we're having seems to be inconsistent with the experience that I had."
"How can we expect businesses to grow and innovation to flourish if the Board is simultaneously shortening the timeframe for union elections down to as few as 10 days?"
"I think that raises constitutional concerns; and now with the joint employer issue, it seems to me this is a triple-headed attack."
"I believe that collective bargaining works, but it works best when we have successful, efficient, effective business."
"When I think about Obamacare, I think about the fact that it started off in 2009 at a cost of around $900 billion in the estimate."
"I will say that every dollar that we spend that we do not have is taking money from a youngster, a young person who cannot afford a lobbyist."
"the actions of the IRS hurt my constituents."
"opening statement"
"Considering the importance of the Multi-Component Integrated Circuits or MCO agreement to the U.S. and to the ITA, what is the USTR's plan to bring the ITA to completion?"
"It is perhaps one of the States that would benefit the most from such an agreement."