Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for his observations. In fact, I am for an agreement that is being worked on right now that has $300 billion, a third of the $908 billion, that is set aside for small businesses for exactly the reasons that the whip points out, that we want to make sure that we can keep as many small businesses in business as possible, which is why we ought to pass legislation. But we are not holding small businesses hostage any more than we are holding those on unemployment hostage, any more than we are holding States and localities hostage, any more than we are holding schools hostage, any more than we are holding childcare and CDBG hostage or emergency assistance or farm aid or nutrition aid. None of those are being held hostage. What is happening is, they all need to get resources to meet the challenges they face. That is what we believe needs to happen. All of those need to be addressed. All of those need to be included in a bill that, hopefully, we will pass in the early part of next week.”