I always wondered if you asked someone who worked in a McDonald's serving hamburgers, if you asked that person who do you work for, they would say McDonald's.

Such a scheme has nothing to do with education, the purpose for which colleges and universities exist.

I think we ought to be the ones who change it if it is changed. I think it ought to be a matter for Congress.

This displayed a troubling lack of respect for the constitution, the separation of powers, and the Senate's constitutional role to advice and consent.

employees shall have the right to join unions, but it also says, they shall have the right to refrain from forming, joining, or assisting labor organizations to bargain collectively, or for any of those activities.

I can tell you what is going to happen. We are going to kill franchise businesses in this country.

It's no secret that one of my biggest areas of concern has been the growing partisanship at the NLRB.

I would hope that if a case like that comes before you, that you would be very careful in considering how these actions by the Board might chill this opportunity for literally hundreds of thousands of Americans to own a small business…

There is a good reason to keep a clear, distinct line between a franchisor and a franchisee.

I am interested primarily in whether they will serve as an impartial umpire, which is what they are called to be.

I am proud of the fact that just a little over a year ago we were able to confirm members to completely fill the Board for the first time in over a decade.

I'm glad the President withdrew that controversial nomination and I hope his gesture of respect to the Senate is part of a new beginning.

I have a growing concern about guidance.

In 1963, I stood with a lot of other people on the National Mall and heard Dr. King's speech in August of that year, 'I Have a Dream.'

I think it would be wise to allow public comment on the actual draft of the guidance rather than just collect general opinions.

But you're suing anyway.

The problem is that the Affordable Care Act encouraged wellness programs. You're suing companies that are attempting to provide wellness programs before you've given guidance.

I believe the EEOC has placed too much emphasis on litigating high profile lawsuits and too little emphasis on dealing with the complaints that have been filed, creating a huge backlog of complaints about discrimination.

Advise and consent is one of the most important rules of the Senate, one of the most important functions.

If confirmed, will you work to allow the public to comment on EEOC's draft guidances before they're issued?

Since I was a chief sponsor of the ADA, and also I was the chief architect of the wellness and prevention programs in the Affordable Care Act, I care about both of those.

That's why I was happy to be a co-sponsor of the ABLE Act.

For Senator Harkin, who is retiring from the Senate at the end of this year after 40 years, I think what's likely to go after the comma after his name is Champion for Americans with Disabilities.

We must take the dangerous, deadly threat of Ebola as seriously as we take ISIS.

I heard Senator McConnell say on the floor this morning that he supported President Obama's proposals to deal with Ebola.