Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are here to discuss a piece of legislation, the American Competitiveness Act, which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee a few weeks ago by a 12-to-6 vote, a piece of legislation which is extraordinarily important, I think, to our country at this time if we wish to remain strong and competitive and wish to have an economy that continues to grow with the success we have seen in recent months. Basically, we are learning as we examine the economy that a very substantial reason for the recent economic growth stems from the tremendous success we have had in the development of our high-technology industries. Frankly, we are growing in those areas so fast that our labor force cannot even keep up with the speed of that growth. Indeed, studies conducted by a variety of organizations have suggested that we currently have a gap between the number of jobs in the information-technology and high-technology areas and the number of workers needed to fill them.”