Political Quotes

“Madam President, I wish to follow on the speech made by my friend and colleague from Utah about the current state of unemployment in America and what to do about it. One of the last things he says is, get government out of the way. I wish to suggest that maybe, if he has some time--and I know he is a very busy man--he join me on a trip to Peoria, IL, where I was last week visiting Lucas & Sons Steel Company. This company has been in business since 1857. It has 26 employees. The CEO is a delightful, dynamic young woman named Margaret Hanley. She has, as I said, 26 union employees, all ironworkers. What she does is fabricate steel for construction projects all over the Midwest and as far away as Antarctica. As I said, the company has been around over 150 years. I asked her, Where do you get your steel? She said, It is all American steel. I asked her, How are you doing? She said, Great. She said, One of the reasons we are doing great is because of President Obama's stimulus package. The President said to American businesses such as hers, you can borrow money at low interest rates to buy new machinery that will help you be more competitive. She said, Come on, let me show you. We walked in the other room, and here was a computer- driven machine as big as a small room being handled by a fellow that was literally taking steel girders, boring holes in them, and bending them where they are supposed to be bent. She said, I can compete with the big boys with this.…”