Political Quotes

“if I might, I am going to expound on what the majority leader just shared with the body. The whole point of what we are going to do on the JOBS Act is to expand access to capital for businesses across our great country. But the legislation I have introduced on a bipartisan basis that also has a bipartisan twin in the House of Representatives is aimed at truly small businesses. I would like to explain a little bit more about what I mean. What we would do is, in effect, lift a regulation. We have talked about deregulation in Washington, unleashing the creativity in our business sector. What this legislation would do is deregulate an industry that is raring to go to help small businesses. Before I get into the specifics, I would like to thank my Republican cosponsors, who include Senators Olympia Snowe, Rand Paul, and Susan Collins. The legislation in the House has been introduced by Republican Ed Royce, with whom I served when I was a Member of the House, and he has over 40 Republican cosponsors in the effort on the other side of the Capitol. In sum, this is a bipartisan, commonsense way to create jobs and help our small businesses without costing taxpayers a dime. When we add the elements in what we are trying to do, there are positives across the board.…”