Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman. I do want to thank my colleagues for being here. I think this is a really important discussion that we are having today. It is such an honor to serve with all of my colleagues. I do think some who have spoken opposed to this legislation really don't understand the impact. There is nothing in this legislation that takes away any disclosures. Disclosures still remain. The same disclosures that have been in place for 30 years remain exactly there. This does not have anything to do with Enron, a publicly traded company. It is completely different. This is private sector. This is opening up opportunity. I think, by arguing against this, ultimately, it is taking away opportunity from employees to benefit. It is such a privilege to serve with people like the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Delaney), who was part of this, opening up opportunities to hundreds of families. Congressman MacArthur, similarly, opened up opportunities that changed lives, as well as Congressman Trott, who is going to be speaking as well. They opened up opportunities to people who would never have had opportunity to own a company, to own that and to have it completely change their family and their future. I rise to support H.R. 1343, the Encouraging Employee Ownership Act of 2017. My legislation is based on a simple principle: Employees who own a stake in the company they work for every day want to see it do well and will do their best to make sure that that business succeeds.…”