The unemployed don't need more regulations; they need more jobs.

Well, thank goodness, because all of that effort you put in did not go to taking care of childhood cancers and research and the people down there that have done it.

I think the skills gap is the biggest--I think that is the biggest detriment we have in the country.

Can you pass a drug screen? And number two, do you have the skills that we need in this job?

I think it is difficult to mandate it from the federal government; I think it is difficult to mandate it from the State government.

I want to strongly encourage us to support this piece of legislation, and I will tell you why.

I am just an old public school guy. I didn't go to private schools. But when you do the math, it is $50 million a year and you have 800-something people; that is over $50,000 apiece per person.

Lastly, I just want to thank you all for representing our veterans. Each and every one of you do a great job, and thank you for the job you do in representing the interests of veterans in this country.

I think I need to go back and really look at that to see if--because I didn't fully understand what your all's objection was.

It is important that vet centers are prepared to meet the needs of our new veterans and their families.

What are you doing for fraud and abuse? ... You shouldn't make money going to community college.

It is really troubling to me that we would want to make the cuts in the proposed budget by the majority today seeing that our country is falling way behind other countries.