Political Quotes

“I have been in the vending business, the real estate business, the developing business. I have been a restaurant owner. My wife owns four retail stores, a small business woman. She started her business selling smoked salmon on a street corner in downtown Anchorage. She now employs 30-plus people, multiple stores, and works to engage other young, small business people to move forward. There is no question that the legislation the Senator from Louisiana has been working on--the broader issue on small businesses but specifically the loan fund--is critical. The Senator's point about how the big banks got theirs and left the small business community literally, not on Main Street, not even close to Main Street--they were kicked off Main Street. I thank Senator Landrieu for making this a big issue, pushing forward on it, and also working with Republicans to try to bring them over.”