"I urge the committee to consider this bill and move it to the House floor for passage."
"Most workers really appreciate that. I have had workers say, 'I am happy to have overtime, but I want my colleague to have a job also, so give them my time so that everybody has 40 hours.'"
"I think part of it has to do with yes, people are burned out because they are working too much, but there is also a part-time workforce that could be utilized."
"I have been an employer for 25 years. Both of my parents were small business owners, so I know much of what you are doing on a regular basis, you are a jack of all trades in doing things."
"I think again it is having decent wages. We actually give people health benefits, which we have done since the beginning of when we started."
"I think actually your presence here is just saying there are various business models."
"Sure. I just want to say thank you very much. I'm looking forward to serving on the committee and looking forward to the work we have to do that is ahead of us."
"Actually, we are pretty disgusted by the shutdown."
"I feel like I'm serving in the nation's largest kindergarten."
"it is a little bit ironic that we are having it at a time this body hasn't had a national budget, our country hasn't for the last 4 years."
"we are going to talk about long term, but we can't deal with the immediate."