Political Quotes

“I assume we are going to be arguing from principles, and we are going to say: To make this economy better for the long term, we need to limit runaway lawsuits. And he may say we do not. I do not mean that will make him politically squirm. I assume he actually believes that. We may say we want to continue tax cuts, and he may want to raise taxes. Should he say that, I do not intend to try to make him politically squirm. I assume he just believes that. Perhaps we can agree that we ought to implement the America COMPETES law which we worked together to pass last year. Perhaps we can agree that we ought to increase the number of HB-2 visas so talented foreign people can come do research and work and then stay here and create jobs here instead of creating them overseas in India. When it comes to an energy package, I may say more nuclear power, and someone on the other side may say less. But I do not say that to make them squirm politically. So I like the fact that we can come here and compete.”