Political Quotes

“Thank you for the opportunity to discuss this evening jobs, putting Americans back to work, building our foundation for economic growth. For many, many days now, in fact, for more than 2 years, the Democrats in the House have been discussing a project which we call Make It In America. These are strategies that we're putting forth to develop more jobs in America, to rebuild our manufacturing industry, and to bring wealth back to the United States. I would love to comment on the issues that I've heard earlier with just my colleagues on immigration, but I'll let that go. I would just say one thing. The last comment that was made about the earned income tax credit, I would remind my colleagues that that was a Ronald Reagan program. Take that for what you might. Back to Make It In America. These are the basic issues. We talk about trade policy, fair trade policy, not giving away our opportunities; tax policy, to encourage manufacturing and jobs here in United States; energy policy, how we're going to renew our energy system, become energy independent, the role of clean fuels, the role of renewable fuels and gas; the labor market, education. Perhaps the most important of all of these is a well-educated workforce. If we have that, many of these other issues would fall into place--the role of research in creating tomorrow's economy, tomorrow's businesses, the things that need to be made in the future.…”