Political Quotes

“What we have is the Republican agenda. The Republicans have now been in control of the House of Representatives since January--over 10 months now--and they have not produced one jobs bill. You were talking about the issue of shipping jobs overseas, and it is true. The American tax system, prior to December of last year, gave a tax break of some $15 billion a year to American corporations for every job they shipped overseas. The Democrats, by a democratic vote, passed a law that eliminated that tax break. Not one Republican voted to eliminate the tax break that American corporations had when they shipped jobs offshore. Just so you know where people are in this House, the Republicans refuse to end the tax break that American corporations had when they offshored jobs. {time} 1840 The Republican agenda: no jobs. That's their agenda. They talk about cuts. Every time there has been a cut--and there's been numerous cuts. We've been through this for the last 10 months. Everybody's cut is somebody's job. They've lost that job. What we need is a different agenda. What we need is a Democratic agenda. What we need is a better deal for America. And it's this: We'll Make It in America. We will build, we will rebuild those parts of the American economy that create jobs, solid jobs. You mentioned the China currency bill. Yes, it is true, and they say American businesses can't compete. That was directly from our Republican colleagues. That's not true.…”