Political Quotes

“Thank you, Mr. Hall. Apparently, a lot of people would agree given your extraordinary career and the work that you've done here in Congress over these many, many years and decades. Part of what you've spent a good deal of your career working on, Mr. Hall, has been the improvement of the American economy. Tonight, I'd like to join a couple of my colleagues on the Democratic side to talk about the economy and to talk specifically about jobs and the things that we can do here in the waning days of this Congress to create some job opportunities. We've got some very heavy lifting here in Congress in the next month and a half. Everybody wants to talk about the fiscal cliff. Some talk about an austerity bomb. Others talk about what needs to be done to lift the debt limit. All of these issues are before us--tax increases or not. Underlying all of that, foundational to all of that, is putting Americans back to work, getting Americans back into their jobs. If we do that, we will clearly increase employment. When you increase employment, you also increase tax revenue to the Federal Government, to State governments, and to local governments. So our principal task, as I see it--and I think I'm joined by many of my colleagues, both Democrat and Republican--is to get the American economy going, to put it back in gear, and there are many reasons beyond just employment and the opportunities that families have to make it. One of the critical elements in all of this is to protect Americans.…”