Bobby Scott

I have no further requests for time from Members who are present. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

AmeriCorps is essential for both our communities and our workforce.

We are meeting to reflect on the important role of the Corporation for National and Community Service--better known as AmeriCorps--in supporting communities through service opportunities.

I believe I have the right to close. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I urge support of the legislation and I reserve the balance of my time.

Transportation workers all have safety-sensitive jobs that they cannot, and should not, be expected to perform while under the threat of physical violence.

Disappointingly, the provision was disallowed by the Senate Parliamentarian.

We thank Chairman Scott and Rep. Mrvan for their leadership and encourage support of the legislation.

We cannot allow employers to drag out the conciliation process rather than be held accountable for violating workers' civil rights. As I said at the beginning of this debate, justice delayed is justice denied. That is why I urge my…

I urge my colleagues to support the resolution, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for his hard work on this amendment and on the bill itself. He has been a leader on helping older workers avoid discrimination. This amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois and cosponsored by…

I would like to state that these two amendments would improve the bill. The one from Mr. Brown would give information that is already being provided now, but this would just make sure it continues. It is being provided on a voluntary…

We can't allow that to continue to happen.

We need to move to a you know school meals for all platform because that will eliminate that.

Furthermore, the summer jobs program has been shown to reduce crime so much that the reduction in criminal justice expenses, that reduction exceeds the cost of the programs in some cities.

I just ask you to submit for the record what the plan is to implement the administration's $15 an hour minimum wage.

Well we have a letter pending, and we expect answers to letters that we send.

So I would hope that you would be strong on that and not allow people to run State and federally funded programs and discriminate against people based on religion.

The question on the participation of faith-based organizations participating in major labor programs is not whether they can participate, but how they participate.

You would need legislation, so you can't. It's gone in September unless the Congress passes a bill, and the President signs it.

I'm just a huge, a huge proponent of registered apprenticeships.

I want to echo my colleague's request that it makes sense that your Department should never ever put in place policies that purposely hurt and kill businesses of entrepreneurs.

There are many in my State who believe that this is a sideways effort by the Biden administration to force small businesses to pay what Congress could not force them to pay through legislation of $15.00 per hour.

The No. 1 concern in Utah is as reflected in our numbers showing us that our government using revenue generated from our taxes is now paying small business employees $17.00 an hour to stay at home and not work in businesses that can only…

It's complicated, it's difficult... to take a boiler maker or a very highly skilled industrial welder or electrician and try to find another job for them.