As Congress, as a legislative body, we must consider what we can do to encourage the private sector to help create jobs.
The economy remains the number one issue for Americans and my constituents in Texas.
The White House and this Congress have taken their eyes off the economic ball.
However, as we all know, the Colgan Flight 3407 is weighing on our minds.
Could I ask you though, don't you have an emergency authority as well?
Will you reserve the capability, if you see something that can be done on a more expedited basis, on a temporary measure obviously to act?
So that's our question to you.
Let me say first of all, that we must acknowledge how safe overall our aviation system is.
I am very concerned along with Senator Rockefeller.
But we now must act.
The Federal Government currently employs over 1.8 million people. Wal-Mart, a similar number, and no one can doubt that Wal-Mart has been a ...
If we were a business, we would clearly not be in business any longer.
The Federal Government has spent $787 billion to create a number of jobs that we can't actually really determine.
The government can't continue to spend and spend our way into what might be described as a more normal unemployment number.
Who is the better person for creating jobs in this economy? Is it the government or is it the private sector?
I think what concerns me the most is that actually I think the decision was not fully vetted and thought out in terms of what the potential ...
I hope we will try again to address comprehensive immigration reform.
It is cruel and unusual to make me sit here for such a long period of time.
