Tim Scott

GM has a lot of explaining to do, both to this committee and to the taxpayers.

An immediate announcement of unlimited LNG exports by the U.S. would signal competition to Russia.

Thank you for holding this hearing today and thank you to the panelists for being a part of the conversation.

There are four million jobs available today in America that go unfilled because the skills necessary to fill those jobs are very hard to find in the workforce.

Machinists' skills, the skill to build airplanes is also a skill where we see a shortage going forward.

The fact is without question that 3 percent of hourly workers--3 percent of hourly workers over the age of 25--make the minimum wage.

I would only ask you, Secretary Perez, why are we not spending more time talking about creating jobs...

This is a ridiculous concept that we seem to continue to discuss and reinforce with the notion of listening to employers say that we need a higher minimum wage when in fact they can just raise the minimum wage in their companies whenever…

One is that you are going to destroy jobs. We have all heard a couple of times the fact that between 500,000 and 900,000 jobs will be destroyed.

Having that one-stop concept, where you are able to get in the same place.

The interagency cooperation and coordination is vital.

I think of the experience that some of these seniors have had in their lifetime that really allows for us to understand why so many more small business owners that are seniors actually succeed at a level that is significantly higher than…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member.

The maze that we currently have, really, for a parent, makes it more difficult to understand and appreciate the resources.

Thank you to the panel for your commitment to America's children.

The impact of hydraulic fracturing as well as horizontal drilling. It's quite remarkable where we find ourselves today.

I believe that our trade deficit is one of the biggest threats to our national security.

What we are doing here is something for the Nation.

This process really is and should be a bipartisan one.

The real challenge that we have with our pension plans, that are, to me, underfunded, our health care that we already are exposed to, so we are talking about a couple hundred trillion dollars--trillion dollars--of unfunded liabilities.

Unfortunately, minorities pay a heavy price for not having the resources and the adequate time to care for their loved ones.

I think it is a wonderful opportunity to care for those who took care of you.

Help me understand, because my perspective on our entitlements today is that we cannot afford the ones that we have.

From my perspective the offshore opportunity with the Atlantic is incredible.

The Obama Administration has banned, it seems to me, energy production in over 85 percent of America's offshore.