Political Quotes

“Under the umbrella of this underlying bill, we are dealing with competitiveness. And what I have heard repeatedly from business people is that if we would get the Government off their backs, they can be more competitive. Here we have a situation where the Government has erred in judgment, and it is on their backs. So we are trying to correct that. I agree with the good Senator from South Carolina that, as I said in the beginning, it is unfortunate that this is even necessary, and that we have to talk about this. It may be impossible to legislate common sense. But we are the folks that are elected by the other people of this Nation to come in here and, hopefully, bring some common sense in. When we see a Federal agency that has run afoul, I think we have to bridle it back. That is what this accomplishes. But again, the reason that it is germane, in my opinion, is the fact that if we are going to be competitive, we ought to look for every opportunity we can to get the Government off the backs of the good folks that are out there trying to be competitive.”