Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman, and I do appreciate his leadership in this discussion about job creation in America. I've said many, many times that if there is an elixer out there to fix the problems, the challenges facing our country today, it's job creation. What the gentleman from Arkansas has been articulating in the last several minutes has been a very good discussion about the four things, and I couldn't agree more, the four things that are part and parcel to our country creating jobs and putting itself on a different fiscal path. He's talked about overregulation. I'll come back to that in a moment. He's talked about the threat of higher taxes and the need for comprehensive tax reform in our Nation; he's talked about the need for a solid energy policy that allows our country to access its own resources, American energy resources to solve America's energy challenges; and, of course, he's talked about the deficits and the debt. {time} 1930 Now, if you look at the plight that we're in today insofar as job creation--one greater than 8 percent unemployment, sustained unemployment of over 8 percent--and when you look at the fact that people are out here scrambling to find work--meaningful jobs as they want to be productive and want to contribute to American exceptionalism--then the way you do that is not by taking a welfare check; it's by having a paycheck.…”