Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, of course, the private sector is the engine of opportunity and the economy in this country. But we also know that there are some investments that no individual or corporation takes on by themselves. For example, the highway system and some of the big infrastructure, you've got 20 percent unemployment in the construction industry right now. If you're telling me that a greater investment in our infrastructure, roads, and bridges doesn't help generate job creation, then you should tell that to the folks who are looking for a job right now. I would also point out that the same folks--the Heritage Foundation-- who said that the Republican plan that we're talking about tonight was going to miraculously increase jobs are the same people who, back at the beginning of the Bush administration, predicted that those tax cuts were going to generate all sorts of jobs in the country. Here's what they predicted in blue; cut those taxes for the folks at the very top, jobs are going to go up and up and up. Here's the reality in red. We know what happened. So I would be careful about talking about how a budget is going to produce jobs. We have an alternative budget that has the right balance between cuts and shared sacrifice and will generate jobs. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Bass).”