Mark Pocan

I think the public expects--if you read the mission, it is to make sure you are saving lives.

I know it was mentioned we feel like we are back to the 1930s. I was thinking more a little before that, the turn of a century, when workers had absolutely no rights and we did not record these sort of things, and there was no recognition…

I am just really glad we have a small business owner.

They did. No problem, thank you. I will reclaim my time.

What is going to be disclosed on this form?

Union busting is a field populated by bullies and built on deceit.

I come from Wisconsin, where recently we passed a law that made it harder for people to collectively bargain.

I guess I come to this from a little bit of an interesting perspective because I have a small union printing business, and about weekly, I get one of these mailers.

I value my employees far more than I value my equipment.

I just want to make sure we are keeping the focus on mental health as we do this...

If they were there because they had cancer, people would be in the streets.

I was so very wrong, so very wrong.

I think it would have ripple effects throughout the economy, to businesses, to how we borrow, to everything else.

There is a reason why there is a 15 percent approval rating on Congress and they prefer traffic jams and zombies and head lice to us, right?

It really means to pay the bills you have already incurred.

The bottom line is we just have to pay all of our bills.

The Federal deficit has declined under President Obama by two-thirds since he came into office.

I think we can find bipartisan consensus on what you said at the beginning, that Wisconsin is the greatest State.

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I also tend to think that maintaining safe workplaces and protecting workers' voices are worth that cost.

All these rules and regulations referenced today have one thing in common, they help hard working middle class Americans by ensuring workers are afforded the dignity under the law that they unquestionably deserve.

The congressional leadership strategy is simple, although it is not necessarily obvious if you are not paying close attention, shut down the appropriations process, bog down Congress, and stuff an end of the year package with gifts for…

I think we have had a very Washington conversation aimed at a very Washington audience.

It is interesting. One of the things a person mentioned is, you know, people who make $174,000 a year trying to tell them they are making too much at $11.50 an hour after 23 years of being in that profession.