Political Quotes

“Thank you so much. The experiences that we have as we return to our districts and talk to our constituents and share with our families, these are the stories of life. These are the stories of real Americans that are out there. Not that we're not real. We've got a very special task as their Representatives to represent them here, and they do want jobs. They want to go back to work. We know that many of them are unable to find jobs. In American Jobs Act, in addition to the tax issues I just talked about--and I must say we actually got something done just before the Thanksgiving recess--there was another provision, and that was for the veterans. This was part of the President's proposal that actually did become law. What he wanted to do--and we agreed with him--was to give veterans, those men and women that are out there fighting for this country in Iraq and in Afghanistan and even way back into the Vietnam War and the first Gulf War, a chance for a job. There's a very special tax provision that's totally paid for, not borrowed, that we actually voted out of here so that employers got a tax credit, which is a reduction in their taxes, for every veteran they hired--$5,600 for an unemployed veteran or $9,600 for a disabled veteran. I'm very, very pleased that we were able to do that for the veterans. {time} 1930 That's one very important slice of the American public that is facing unemployment; but there are many, many more.…”