Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Terry). And listening to the words of the gentleman from Oklahoma, very well spoken. You know, I often ask what are the top issues, what are the top things Americans are concerned with right now? Obviously, number one is jobs. Number two is jobs and economy. I hear people talk a lot about energy in the 11th District of Illinois. So we have jobs, economy, energy, and I also hear some people talk about their concern with national defense. You know, amazingly to me, when you look at those issues of concern-- jobs, energy, national defense--there's one thing we can do which is going to address all of those concerns and it would address them now, and that is the Keystone pipeline. I actually sent a letter the other day, Mr. Speaker, to my colleague in Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin. He is the whip over in the Senate. And I asked him and I asked the Senate to just, you know what, let's just have an up-or-down vote, basically, on this Keystone pipeline. Let's stop the parliamentary parlor tricks and the smoke and mirrors and just have a vote, ``yes'' or ``no,'' on the Keystone pipeline. You know, the interesting thing is they're not going to do it right now because they're afraid it might pass, because I think it would. The American people desperately need jobs. So let me ask you specifically, What does this mean for the Midwest? For the Midwest, we're talking about 20,000 construction jobs.…”