Mike Enzi

This is a very clear case of the Administration erecting an unnecessary and political barrier to private sector job creation.

The Keystone XL Pipeline will also create energy security that lessens our dependence on unfriendly nations.

I hope we can set this misguided legislation aside and talk today about real solutions for Americans who have been unemployed for too long without raising taxes or increasing our crushing national debt.

I'm referring to the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a project that President Obama halted last month in response to concerns from environmental lobbies.

The truth is that we have several opportunities to allow private-sector job creation to dramatically increase which the current Administration is blocking.

Unemployed Americans should know that decisions by President Obama are directly preventing the creation of thousands of new, well-paying, private sector jobs.

Thank you, and I thank you for the reference to SHRM as well.

One solution we found was to ask the churches to start daycares.

I appreciate having this hearing today. I'm concerned about anybody putting down that they don't want to interview anybody that's unemployed. I think that's a bad business move.

Even attempts to encourage private sector job creation have become politicized--examples of crony capitalism and poor investment.

We've located a lot of jobs out there that Americans don't have the skills for.

I strongly believe we must do more to improve Federal job training programs.

As Senator Enzi noted, NELP and other researchers have documented examples of instances in which job postings have included language that explicitly limits applications to those who are currently employed.

We yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bingaman). The Senator from Rhode Island.

If it is President Obama, on the other hand, we will have to suffer under this legislation.

I would say that competition is able to do that. The Government is only capable of either spending money wildly.

It is increasingly likely that we have no idea who is going to be the president next year.

I have no way of backing that up. HHS has not conducted any actuarial estimate prior to releasing the savings estimate.

If it is Mitt Romney, then all of this collapses, and it probably collapses by next August when the Act is repealed.

The statement Senator Enzi made was that No Child Left Behind was ineffective, and I certainly have to agree with that.

Last month's markup of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was a major step forward in the reauthorization process, which has been stagnant over the last 4 years since No Child Left Behind's authorization lapsed.

I encourage my colleagues to work together to improve this bill if we truly plan to move the legislation to the president's desk.

We want to know whether we're developing fixes to the problems that have been identified.

I'm also interested in hearing about the aspects of No Child Left Behind that today's panelists think should be retained as we move forward.

I wish to ask for your wholehearted support for Judge Skavdahl of Wyoming. He was nominated by our Democratic Governor. He was appointed by the President, and he has the wholehearted support of our delegation. We have spoken for him in…