Political Quotes

“Madam President, yesterday a group of four Senators introduced legislation that I would like to highlight in this brief opportunity on the Senate floor. We introduced S. 3217. This legislation is called Startup 2.0 and was introduced by Senator Warner, Senator Coons, Senator Rubio, and me to begin the process of trying to create a better entrepreneurial environment in the United States, to create opportunities for entrepreneurials for innovation and to grow the economy and create jobs. I want to personally thank those three Senators--two Republicans, two Democrats--who decided that this common phrase we hear around Washington, DC--we can't do anything this year because it is an election year--is nothing that we are willing to tolerate. We didn't get the marching orders and instructions to say we cannot work and accomplish good work for America because there is a November election. I want to highlight to my colleagues and ask them to join us in this effort to grow the number of Senators who find this kind of legislation valuable and appealing and to commit myself to work with Senator Warner, Senator Rubio, and Senator Coons to see that we are successful in 2012. I have talked about this legislation before. In fact, Senator Warner and I introduced the Startup Act months ago. We then joined with Senator Coons and Senator Rubio, who had introduced legislation called the AGREE Act.…”