Political Quotes

“Mr. President, the Senator from Illinois is absolutely correct. One of the last remaining works that we have to do, as we try to wrap up this portion of the session as we move to an August work period in our home States and our home districts, is to get this small business bill passed. It has been a focus of the Democrats. It has also been the focus of some Republican support. That is what I wish to talk about today. I wish to make sure we understand that the team that is following this bill is a broad team of hundreds of organizations from the Chamber of Commerce to the National Federation of Independent Business, to the Small Business Alliance, to the Community Bankers of America, to individual business owners around the country, as the Presiding Officer knows because he himself has been a great leader in this effort. The point I wish to make in the first few minutes of this hour is the tremendous bipartisan support and input that has gone into this bill to get us to this point. There is some criticism that is not valid. There is a criticism out there that Democrats are trying to ram this through and Republicans have not been able to offer amendments. The facts are that this bill, this small business job growth bill, has been built through two committees, the Finance Committee and the Small Business Committee. I have the pleasure and honor of chairing the Small Business Committee. Senator Baucus chairs the Finance Committee.…”