Political Quotes

“Mr. President, before I speak briefly about the subject I came to the floor to speak about, which is small business--I am chair of the Small Business Committee--I want to thank our colleague from Florida for his advocacy for the gulf coast, as we struggle as to how to stop this gusher in the gulf and to clean up what has been done. We have recently seen some terrible photographs from the beaches of Florida. We have photographs equally as troubling from the marshes of Louisiana. I want to thank the Senator for his leadership, and we are all going to double our efforts to get this job done, and to do it in a balanced way. As upsetting as this oil is, in trying to clean it up, and keep it from our shores--both the beaches and the marshes--we also have to find a balance as to how to let this industry at some point move forward with these 33 rigs or we are going to lose the entire deepwater gulf drilling, which will put thousands--tens of thousands--of people out of work, some of whom live in Florida; and some of the businesses benefit, as well as so many in Louisiana. But I thank my colleague for his continued effort, and we will look into some of the issues he has raised and push as hard as we can from Louisiana as well. Mr. President, I know my colleagues are on the floor to speak about job creation. That is why I am here as the chair of the Small Business Committee.…”