Political Quotes

“Mr. President, even as I speak at this very moment--or maybe he has wrapped up--the President is in Jacksonville, FL, today. He is discussing the middle-class and how to get the middle class growing again in America, and it is a very worthy topic. I wish the President would do less talking and more listening. If he listened to the middle class--and particularly those middle-class Americans who either work at a small business or own a small business-- he would hear the No. 1 concern many of them now have is about ObamaCare. Recently, I made the statement that I don't believe we should pass a short-term budget here that pays for ObamaCare. Since that time, I have heard the comments of some that that is an unreasonable request. I wish to outline one more reason why I think it is an unreasonable request to actually fund it. It is unreasonable because of the impact ObamaCare is having on real people--particularly those in the middle class in the United States. I wish to focus on small businesses today because they truly are the backbone of the American economy. People here throw that term around all the time, ``the backbone of the economy.'' It truly is. I live within a few blocks of 8th Street, the famed Calle Ocho, where literally every business is a small business, such as bakeries, sandwich shops, you name it. They are primarily run by immigrants who are here in search of a better life and the American dream. They own these small businesses.…”