Political Quotes

“we are here today to talk about the importance of job creation in our economy. We all know we need to create jobs. The way to create jobs is to help small businesses. Too much of the focus over the last couple years has been in helping the large companies, the large banks. We need to focus on small companies in order to create new job opportunities for Americans. I compliment Senator Shaheen for her comments. She is absolutely right. Small businesses can create many jobs in the United States by creating products that are wanted around the globe. The problem is, it is very complicated for a small business owner to have the type of staff to deal with the difficulties of entering the international marketplace. Senator Shaheen pointed out very clearly that the legislation Senator Landrieu has been instrumental in bringing forward in the Small Business Committee that deals with enhancing international trade for small companies, S. 2862, will provide more jobs in America by helping smaller companies be able to get their products into the international marketplace. That makes common sense. As I said in the beginning, we need to create more jobs. Senator Landrieu, in her leadership on the Small Business Committee, has made that our top priority, and I congratulate her for bringing this to our attention. We know over 50 percent--over 50 percent--of private sector jobs are with small companies.”