The good news is that Senator Hatch... has taken a fairly inventive and creative approach to making sure that we find some common ground.

Thank you both for being here today with us and providing us insight from 1986 in how you brought together what at times seemed to be impossible.

I will tell you that perhaps there is a part of the narrative that is factual.

You have done something that I am very surprised at, and it almost bewilders me.

a 28-percent rate would be a positive rate, and it would put us in a position to be globally competitive.

I believe that collective bargaining works, but it works best when we have successful, efficient, effective business.

I believe that any new tax on banks ultimately finds its way to the consumer.

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 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.

I think that raises constitutional concerns; and now with the joint employer issue, it seems to me this is a triple-headed attack.

the conversation that we're having seems to be inconsistent with the experience that I had.

The proposal from the President actually impedes the ability for small and minority business owners to transfer wealth.

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.

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.

the actions of the IRS hurt my constituents.

It is perhaps one of the States that would benefit the most from such an agreement.

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?

We need to change this. We need to get the rates on entrepreneurial activities down.

I am hopeful that the administration will allow States to keep their small group market at 50 beyond 2016.

I think that there is, in this low-interest-rate environment, a tremendous opportunity to do projects.

We need permanency in the code. We need predictability, and I think the code needs to be competitive.

I wish to pay tribute to a former member of this Chamber, and note with pleasure the passage of S. Res. 19. Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts passed away on January 3, 2015 at the age of 95. I was deeply saddened by his loss. I had…

I don't want to cut you off unnecessarily.

Just because you don't have a charging party doesn't mean you don't have a victim.

The vast majority of employers want to be consistent and in compliance.