I ask unanimous consent that Sanders amendment No. 777 be modified with the changes that are at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: At the…

I ask unanimous consent to have the following Senators added as cosponsors to his amendment: Senators Boxer, Markey, and Schatz. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 801 (Purpose: To build on the…

Thank you very much. Mr. Secretary, your budget makes significant investments to help veterans and those with barriers to get new jobs.

This is not only about helping workers. This is about leveling the playing field for employers who play by the rules.

Congress has failed to act for far too long, but thankfully, the States are picking up the slack.

I believe workers should get the pay they have earned and that Government should stand up for those workers and protect their rights, not simply allow big corporations to rig the system.

I would be remiss if I did not thank my home State Senator, Senator Mikulski, for her distinguished service over many years.

I often refer to the Department of Labor as 'match.com.' We connect businesses who want to grow with workers who want to punch their ticket to the middle class.

I hope we can find ways on this subcommittee to work on a bipartisan basis to grow our Nation's middle class.

I have sent letters to the Department to make sure we implement strong overtime protection for workers.

I am a very strong supporter of registered apprenticeship programs.

Expanding access to apprenticeships has been a priority for me because it sets our workers on a clear pathway and ladder into the middle class.

I am going to continue to be focused on ways we can create jobs and expand economic security and generate broad-based gross to help grow our middle class.

Those are projects that are well underway, and we have spent $209 million on them combined.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

the prospect of another 20, or 30, or 40 years passing before the Federal Government completes this critical work at the Hanford site in Central Washington and other sites throughout the Nation is pretty unacceptable.

I hope you just nodded.

I want to thank Senator Mikulski for offering this really important amendment because I believe that real, long-term economic growth is built from the middle out, not from the top down. Our government and our economy should be working for…

I really urge you, Mr. Secretary, to follow the congressional intent as directed in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and defend DOE's Yucca Mountain license application as an active, engaged participate in those proceedings.

I am really concerned the fiscal year 2016 budget request would hamper this cleanup.

I would like that part of the public record as well, so I think it is really important for this committee to understand it.

At the end of the day, what matters is the patient experience.

We're all about helping patients. That's basically the backbone of everything we do.

It's very clear in my home State of Washington and across the country that medical innovation is at a critical moment right now.

Thinking about ways we can continue to advance medical innovation is both good for families' health and good for our economy.