"Registered Apprenticeships have stood the test of time there is no place where they make the better point than in my district with the Apprentice School at the Newport News Shipbuilding."
"We need to protect their pensions before it is too late."
"The failure of the Central States Plan would result in the loss of 50,000 jobs in 2025."
"If retirees see their pensions cut to essentially zero they will become reliant on social safety net programs."
"Congressional inaction would cost as much as $103 billion in lost Federal tax revenue."
"I am proud to be one of the leading supporters of this bill."
"This is not just a problem for the workers and businesses, this is a problem for the Federal Government."
"The worse thing we can do from the Federal Government point of view is nothing."
"As we consider the so-called bailout, we have to recognize that we are on the hook, that the Butch Lewis bill..."
"Lack of affordable child care and paid leave are not 'some of us' problems. They are 'all of us' problems."
"Congress has the power to remove these barriers, to level the playing field for working families."
"I am proud to cosponsor the Child Care for Working Families Act, introduced by my friend, Chairman Bobby Scott."