Political Quotes

“Madam President, I thank my colleague from Oregon, who has been one of the creators and designers of this bill and who has been a leading advocate and tireless in his efforts. He has conducted probably dozens of meetings in his office with Treasury officials, with Members from both sides of the aisle. I have put this poster up in the Chamber because I want everybody to know this is what we are talking about today: small business. We spend a lot of time in this Chamber talking about lots of other issues-- foreign aid, other countries, big corporations, Wall Street--but today, in these few hours--today and tomorrow--we are going to be talking about small businesses on Main Street. Small businesses on Main Street, I think they deserve this time, and they deserve our focus. I know there are many other issues Members of this body, both Democrats and Republicans, want to solve or try to solve before we break in a few days. But I have to say, we cannot solve every problem in the world in this bill for Main Street and for small business. Some have criticized and said: Oh, well, the Democratic leadership is not allowing amendments. Nothing could be further from the truth. This bill was built on amendments in committee--amendments by Democrats, amendments by Republicans, negotiations. The Presiding Officer most certainly knows this. I see my colleague from Texas, and I know he will have time in a moment.…”