Political Quotes

“Madam President, today I rise to speak on behalf of the Cruz amendment. I want to spend a couple of minutes explaining my thoughts behind the amendment and why I am proud to be a cosponsor of this amendment. All across Nebraska I do roundtable meetings, where I sit down with hospital communities, I sit down with medical professionals, I sit down with small businesses. I have done this for years and years. Over the last couple of years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, I have had a number of opportunities to sit down with small businesses. Invariably the first issue that comes up is the crushing effect of the regulatory environment. Businesses will tell me they simply are afraid to grow or cannot grow because of what Washington is burdening them with. More specifically, they talk to me about the Affordable Care Act and the toll it is taking on their businesses. I will give you a perfect example: a small business, a franchise business. They have a franchise in Lincoln, they have a franchise in Omaha. The owner of that business said to me: You know, my business is not too bad. We could actually grow this business. We look out there in the future and see some opportunities to grow this business. They went on to say: We have about 48 employees now, and we are not going to grow. I said: Why would that be? Why have you decided you are not going to grow this business? Their answer was straightforward.…”