Mike Lee

A much better approach is The Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013 which passed the House over a year ago, but has stalled in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

It has always been striking to me that federal law puts us in a position where we even need legislation like this.

Economist Casey Mulligan argues the President's Affordable Care Act will push more young women out of the full-time work.

I think it is important for all of us to remember that, you know, whenever people have increased flexibility they can live their lives better.

But it seems particularly unfair that we tell hourly employees who are not government workers that they do not have the same advantage.

So why did the President and Congressional Democrats fight so hard to deny women in the workforce this important choice?

My concern is that when you have a national memorandum with national impact... that is meaningfully, legally, constitutionally different than what you have described.

I think that is a little bit different than prosecutorial discretion, isn't it? Isn't that a mandate not to enforce the law?

Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, Secretary Johnson, for joining us today.

And thank you for your efforts on behalf of our country. You have got a tough job.

Anytime something like this, something that is ordinarily not prosecuted as a primary offense, happens to be brought against a very vocal critic of the current administration, obviously that raises eyebrows.

My friend Chairman Leahy and I have introduced legislation, the ECPA Amendments Act, S. 607, that would get rid of this anachronism in the law

What you do is very important and affects a lot of Americans, and I believe there is a lot that you do that protects a lot of Americans from harm.

This is a law that, as you know, was enacted in 1986. There are some interesting ramifications that this law has.

It says basically that for any new major rule to take effect... it would need to pass affirmatively into law.

We are subjecting the American economy to an estimated $2 trillion, nearly $2 trillion in annual regulatory compliance costs.

This is an approach that would put Congress, as I see it, back in charge of actually making the law.

Mental health hubs should be a central part of any solution going forward.

I want to thank our witnesses for coming today.

I will make my one firm commitment that there is absolutely nothing in this transaction that will result in an increase in prices for Comcast customers.

It is important that this Committee take into account the state of competition in the markets for video and Internet.

I have heard some concerns related to content, related to the idea of one company controlling a significant share of both Internet and video distribution.

The proposed merger has, nonetheless, raised some potentially very serious concerns.

Today's hearing has received significant attention throughout the country, and with some good reason.

Judges must cooperate with the government. That shows he has little regard for the separation of powers.