Mike Enzi

Under this Administration, employers are being punished for creating new jobs in the right-to-work States of our country.

I really believe it is the debate that we have to have.

We are not broke. I keep hearing people say we are broke, we are poor. Well, America still remains the richest Nation in the history of the world.

Mainstream economists, of all political persuasions, agree that the Recovery Act did what it was intended to do.

We need a national discussion on this.

I am pleased that a rare earth mine may be opened in Wyoming.

Clearly, the actions taken by the Administration and this Congress have not created the jobs middle-class families desperately need.

I always try to encourage them to go into accounting.

When asked why companies don't recruit more people with disabilities, they say they don't know where to source candidates.

I appreciate the way that you and your staff have again involved my office in an effort to have a truly bipartisan hearing.

Innovative small businesses, as you mentioned, Senator Enzi, are critical to our economic growth.

Six in ten companies report a lack of familiarity with publicly funded service providers who source candidates with disabilities.

What recommendations can you provide relative to that IEP process for the committee to consider?

The Power of Pensions: Building a Strong Middle Class and Strong Economy

Pensions are one place where the economy delivers for American households, for employers, for our communities and our financial markets.

I'm very disappointed that there was not a greater inclusion of retirement employee benefit issues by these agencies in carrying out the President's recent Executive order to reduce regulatory burden and overlap.

Through the years I've been a supporter of the traditional defined benefit plan system as it forms one of the key legs of our three-legged stool of retirement system.

We applaud Chairman Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Enzi (R-WY) for holding this particular hearing

The change in statistics is a clear indication that defined benefit plans are heading towards extinction.

However, we have to be realistic. The private sector traditional defined benefit system is going toward extinction.

I also recognize that if people do not save enough through their 401(k)s and IRAs for retirement, then these people will place a greater strain on our very shaky Federal entitlement programs.

The result of this Administration's misguided energy policy is lost jobs and bankrupted American companies.

Many of the thousands of jobs that were supported by the offshore drilling industry are simply gone due to the moratorium.

It is obvious that the economic recovery has stalled. Unfortunately, the efforts taken by this Administration to stimulate the economy have not created enough jobs and have put us further in debt.

If it was back to normal, the President would not have had to tap the SPR this morning