Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, not much time needs to be consumed to make clear what is happening here. Many on the minority side rise in opposition. Why? Essentially, it is this: Oppose any bill that helps the Nation, because it helps the President and this Congress achieve something for the Nation. Oppose it even if it helps small business, as this bill will. Oppose it even if it creates jobs, the key to this bill. Oppose it even if the pay-fors primarily were developed on a bipartisan basis. Find some flimsy excuse to oppose it. I will read the last sentence from the Chamber of Commerce letter: 'Ninety-six percent of the Chamber's members are small businesses with fewer than 100 employees. On behalf of these small businesses, the Chamber urges you to support H.R. 5297 and strongly encourages Congress to address the issues of broad economic importance to the small business community.' So you're trying to find some fig leaf. So far, they've all been transparent. To come here and to try to march with your message, even when it doesn't apply, doesn't serve you well. It doesn't serve this Congress well. It surely doesn't serve small businesses well, and it doesn't serve well our Nation.”