But you can't--I think the point we are trying to make, and I just have a short period of time, is that there can be some function of the committee.

You all owe the taxpayers $141 billion, so when taxpayers are seeing millions of dollars in bonuses going to the executives, I understand their outrage.

I think people feel we get paid too much, and our deficit is $14.3 trillion and rising.

I was just thinking about the ranking member's responses--we opened the hearing or his statement saying that this was a partisan hearing and that we had more important things that we should be doing.

I have introduced the bill H.R. 2854, the Employer Free Choice Act and used the word voluntary.

Clearly this hearing is important because job creation is bipartisan.

I think that maybe it is premature to ask some of those, considering where we are at in this process.

Employers need a workforce that is flexible, responsive and highly skilled.

To this end, colleges and universities need the freedom to adapt to the ever changing needs of local businesses.

I hope this written testimony provides you with a perspective as to the role that NADC plays in job growth.

We can and we must change this.

One of my top priorities in congress is to ensure that our young people and non-traditional students have access to an affordable and internationally competitive education.