Political Quotes

“I want to thank everybody for participating in tonight's discussion about our plan for jobs, about what we're going to do to get this country back to work. For 32 months, this country has faced unemployment of over 8 percent. I want to share a story that happened just a couple of weeks ago when I had the opportunity to sit down with some employers around the State of Colorado. We were in a restaurant, and had the opportunity to discuss what regulations are doing to our economy--overregulations, as mentioned here tonight. We all believe in smart regulations, in those regulations that make sense but that aren't overly burdensome to job creators. As we had this conversation, we talked about what burden we were placing on future generations, the high unemployment rate, with nearly 14 million people who are out of work, and what we were going to do to help America's working families make ends meet once again. We had a waitress who was coming in and helping everybody, taking orders and working very hard that morning. After we were done, we walked away, walked out. The conversations were going, and I was the last one to leave this meeting. Just then, the waitress who was working in that room came up to me and grabbed me by the shoulder. She said, Hey, I liked what you guys were talking about, because this is my second job. This isn't my only job. I'm trying to start a business, and I'm trying to work here while that business gets off the ground.…”