"I would argue it is because many of Illinois' government policies are very unfriendly to surrounding States, and just like the United States needs to compete with other countries in the world, Illinois needs to compete, and unfortunately some of our leadership has not gotten that message."
"I would hate to see us in a position where we are someday having to buy dumbed-down equipment from other places just to defend ourselves against potentially anybody."
"I can tell you, one of the things I am not a big fan of is just too much bureaucracy."
"I have to echo your comments you made about the interstate system. This is a majority that has been very supportive of infrastructure, I think it is important to say."
"I want to thank the administration for the enactment of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which I think was very important."
"It is clear when I am home in Illinois that what manufacturers are asking of the Federal Government--they want a fair and competitive tax code, they want less intrusion from Federal agencies, and they..."
"We want to maintain a marketplace of innovation and give consumers the tools to protect their personal information."
"I do have some serious concerns that without privacy protections, consumers could lose confidence in the online free market."
"This is very important... it is extremely important I think to the future of energy in this country."
"I have had people who run grain elevators come in and talk to me about the impact that Dodd-Frank is going to have on their business."
"we can go to Washington, D.C., and we can talk about laws and we can talk about bills and all that kind of stuff, but you really don't know how it impacts people until you hear from people"