Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I am glad this Chamber is focused on job creation, on access to capital, on ways we can help strengthen the speed and growth of high promise, startup companies. I am grateful for the input and leadership of the Senator from Louisiana, for her hard work in trying to make sure we pay attention to the matter that is before this body and making sure we strike the right balance between continuing to ensure investor protection, while also providing relief from regulations that may hold the promise of accelerating capital formation and job growth in this country. When I go home to Delaware every night and when I attend events across our State every weekend, I most frequently hear from those deeply affected by our two long recessions, from which we are still growing and recovering, families who are still dealing with unemployment, with loss of their homes or with the threat to loss of their life savings, businesses that are facing a credit crunch and struggling to expand or to retain their employment. Americans, I have heard over and over, and Delawareans want us to come together and find solutions in this body. The good news is that today, in a rare bipartisan spirit, that is exactly what we are doing.…”