Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I certainly thank the Senator from Wyoming for his comments. Those of us who had the privilege of growing up in small town America know those names the Senator from Wyoming indicated. It is one of the advantages of that small town life. Every day we see those families who own a business or have a farm or ranch. We know who they are. We know who works there, we know what jobs are created by that business or that farm, and we have the understanding of how important that is in the community if there is going to be jobs in our town. It is that small businessperson who gets up early, works late, does whatever is necessary to make sure they are a success in that business. Sometimes they are successful and sometimes they are not. Every day they fight the fight to make certain they put food on their family's table, they have the ability to save for their children's education, for that better life, and save for their own retirement. Again, just like we talked about the farmers and ranchers who are willing to forgo things from Washington, DC, to help contribute to getting our debt under control, get our fiscal house back in order, make America what we know it can be--they are willing to forgo those things that Washington seems to want to give us. All they ask is, Please don't put more burdens on us. Don't make it more difficult for us to succeed.…”