Randy Tate

Do I understand that public sector employees are protected by Section 15(a), the antidiscriminatory provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act?

I am concerned that it be absolutely clear that paragraph 3 of H.R. 2391 does not authorize public agencies to intimidation, threaten or coerce working police officers and firefighters in Washington State or anywhere else.

3 years ago my good friends across the aisle raised taxes on senior citizens, raised taxes on working Americans in the form of higher gas taxes, raised taxes on small business owners. But the new Republican Congress tried to provide tax…

Once again, with the limited Federal resources we have in this country, with my own example in Tacoma, WA, all the resources our taxpayers pay to the local police departments, and substantial amount of time spent investigating narcotics…

Our current law, as you know and I know, currently provides preference to spouses to come to this country. In fact, they get priority.

Once again, I reflect back to my earlier statements. That it is not unreasonable to expect someone that would come to this country, when there are people waiting to come here, that they should be able to jump ahead in line, and the people…

It comes back, there is a right way and a wrong way to come across the border, and the ends do not justify the means. Once again, that is taking the jobs away from working Americans when someone comes across the border the wrong way. Once…

The poor gentleman that was lured across the border would not fall under this, because, if you look specifically in the bill, it talks about intent, not someone who has had the issue misrepresented to them that was lured across the border…

The press release argument is, let us face it, is a bogus argument. What this comes down to is common sense. That is what we are looking at. There is a right way to come to America and a wrong way. It is unfair to those that stand in line…

That is incredible. No wonder it is difficult to get to a balanced budget when you have all these federally subsidized lobbyists out there fighting us tooth and nail.

Reclaiming my time to agree with the gentleman from the Sixth District of Washington, I say, You are exactly right. The burden of proof is on FERC to prove that it is the problem, and so that's--we are solving the problem with this. We are…

Reclaiming my time, that could still occur under this current provision. We are just trying to have some finality to this, some certainty to this, and to move forward with this. The gentleman's scenario would still exist under this…

Once again, I cannot name the names of the FERC, but the point to keep in mind, the gentleman from Oregon, is, if we do not make these differences and changes, we are going to have two processes. I mean we have to decide. Eventually, there…

I am a little worried that my friends across the aisle just do not get it. While the Republican majority is working hard to revolutionize Congress, the Democrats keep trying to change the subject. It seems to be an epidemic across the…