Political Quotes

“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.”