"The Swap Data Information Sharing Act of 2012 would make U.S. law consistent with existing international protocols by removing the indemnification provisions."
"Transportation. There is a transportation prohibition against--we have communities in Wisconsin that provide public transportation, and you have to have public workers collective bargaining agreements..."
"If they are not doing the right thing by students, we do not want them in the system."
"The goal of the gainful employment regulation is unclear and the logic supporting it is quite fuzzy."
"Basically I think an awful lot of States are antiunion, and, in my opinion, when they are antiunion, they are actually antiworker."
"the way we administer TANF is very haphazard as a safety net versus how we administer other safety net programs"
"Averages are not a good thing. They are damn statistics."
"I guess, just having listened to the four of you, the conclusion that I have come to, looking at these charts and graphs--and correct me if I am wrong--is that basically we have a kind of a safety net..."
"I want to thank Chairman Spratt for your leadership to secure this needed benefit in the federal appropriation."
"Oregon has been hit very hard by the recession."
"there is $5 billion available to states and that money is very targeted so that it does go directly to families in need."