Political Quotes

“Of course. I just have one more question for my friend. We hear every Senator--Democratic, Republican, Independent--say the biggest issue before us, the biggest one is jobs--jobs, jobs, jobs. When my friend goes home, I know she has to deal with the oil disaster and still rebuilding after Katrina. In California, we have our series of deep problems in tough, tough times. But she knows that whatever we do here we have to push forward with policies that create jobs, and we have to keep our eye on the deficit. So my friend has brought forth a bill, along with Senator Baucus and many Republicans--because she just went through the many bipartisan provisions--that will leverage $30 billion into $300 billion from the private sector. If we turn that into jobs, we are talking thousands and thousands of jobs created by the innovators, the small businesspeople who have gotten no help. That is why my friend has the sign ``Main Street.'' We have to help Main Street. So I want to ask in the form of question, and then I will leave the floor at that point: Isn't this a bill that is desperately needed by our small businesses? Aren't our small businesses the creators of jobs? Is this bill not paid for? And won't this bill deliver the kind of policy that will allow for job growth through growth of small businesses that are solid, with community banks that are solid? Isn't this bill just what we need to do before we leave to go home and be with our constituents in August?”