Political Quotes

“I am pleased to speak as chair of the Small Business Committee with several of my colleagues from the committee who have been hard at work coming up with ideas, drafting and passing legislation in the Small Business Committee over the last 3 months, particularly to get ready for this time. It is time that this Senate and Congress moved a third jobs bill with a focus on small business in America. I acknowledge the members of the Small Business Committee. Two of them will join me this morning, and we will all, hopefully, be on the floor in the next couple of days talking about the importance of focusing on small business job creation. My ranking member, of course, is the great Senator from Maine, Ms. Snowe; John Kerry, former chair of the committee; Chris Bond, former chair; Carl Levin; David Vitter; Tom Harkin; John Thune; Joe Lieberman; Mike Enzi; Maria Cantwell; Johnny Isakson; Evan Bayh; Roger Wicker; Mark Pryor; James Risch; Ben Cardin; Jeanne Shaheen; and Kay Hagan. Let me say that these members have been extraordinary. We have passed not one, not two, not three, not four, but five fairly significant pieces of legislation in a completely bipartisan fashion. The bills I will highlight this morning have been passed by our committee by large and convincing margins: 18 to 0, 15 to 3, 16 to 4. We are proud of the work we have done. My call to the Senators this morning is to get our eyes off of Wall Street and onto Main Street.…”