I applaud the effort and have personally been affected prior to coming to Congress as the owner of manufacturing companies in Ohio.

I think we have a serious problem in our country with corporate consolidation.

However, we must also ensure that regulations placed on these companies are not so stringent that they may halt production altogether.

regulatory complexity favors large, established companies who can better absorb new compliance costs.

Sports has a way, sometimes, of changing hearts in a way that politics or business doesn't.

Minority-owned firms comprise over one-fifth of our Nation's businesses and add $1 trillion in output to our economy each year.

We are knocking down barriers that are currently preventing American businesses from selling in these countries.

This rule will provide the clarity and certainty businesses and industry need about which waters are protected by the Clean Water Act.

Trade allows our people to work, our businesses to thrive, and our goods and services to compete on a global scale.

American infrastructure is the foundation of our economy—helping businesses move products, getting workers to the job, and ensuring families make it home to their loved ones each night.

I would say, because it is a redo of the company, you don't have to go back and look at their quality.

Businesses like yours have created 7.8 million new jobs over the past 44 months.

We have the opportunity when young people come to this country to study on our dime, making sure that if they're able and willing, they can stay here, start businesses of their own, contribute to our economy, help our exports.

Strong communities are places that attract the best jobs and the newest businesses.

Today the United States is easing restrictions to allow U.S. companies to responsibly do business in Burma.

That's my theory: betting on the American worker and American businesses.

I'm willing to go anywhere in the world to open up new markets for American businesses.

We want U.S. oil companies to be doing well.