Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I wish to harken back about 6 months, if I could, to the election of last November. For me there were at least three takeaways from that election. No. 1, the voters of this country want us to work together and across party lines. No. 2, they want us to get things done. Among the things they want us to get done is to find a way to strengthen the economic recovery that has been underway now for several years. Senator Boxer has referred to a couple of things that would be on that to-do list--a robust 6-year transportation bill that rebuilds our roads, highways, bridges, transit systems and will put a lot of people to work and helps to strengthen our economic recovery by making a more efficient and effective transportation network to move products and goods all over this country and outside of this country. We need to strengthen our cyber security. We need to address data breach and all of the attacks that are going on throughout this country to businesses, colleges, and universities--you name it. We need tax reform that actually provides some predictability in the tax system and makes our Tax Code on the business side more competitive with the rest of the world. We also need to acknowledge, as the President has done, that 95 percent of the world's market lies outside of our borders--95 percent. The fastest growing part of that market around the world is Asia.…”