Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this amendment would say that those in the executive branch who decide loans and grants, if they have a self- interest in the company or if their family has a self-interest in the company, they should not be making decisions awarding grants and awarding loans. I think the idea that you should not make money off of government is an important one, but it is not just Congress that this should apply to; this should apply to the executive branch. We should not have hundreds of millions of dollars in loans--even billions of dollars in loans--dispensed by people who used to work for that company or whose family still works for the company. I yield my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.”