Political Quotes

“I rise today to introduce important regulatory reform legislation. Recently, when describing the state of our economy, President Obama said that the private sector was ``doing fine.'' I disagree. I think that the American people disagree with the President's statement. There are 12.7 million Americans unemployed and another 8.2 million underemployed. 5.4 million Americans have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. That's not ``doing fine.'' The Federal Government needs to do everything possible to create an environment that will allow private sector employers to create jobs. To accomplish that, common sense would tell us that the government needs to remove barriers to job creation rather than erect new ones. The Federal Government needs to listen to employers so it can learn from them exactly what it can do to help. Unfortunately, the Obama administration hasn't listened. In fact, unbelievably it is actually doing the opposite of what employers are saying they need. Employers are saying that they need relief from job killing regulations. For example, according to a Gallup survey, small-business owners in the United States are most likely to say that complying with government regulations is the biggest problem facing them today. Indeed, the burden of regulations is overwhelming. Recently, the Small Business Administration estimated that the Federal regulatory burden has reached $1.75 trillion per year. So what has the Obama administration's response been?…”