Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise this evening to speak to the urgent imperative of job creation in our country and impress upon my colleagues that if we are serious about assisting our Nation's small businesses--the very catalysts that will lead us out of the longest and deepest recession since World War II--we cannot devolve once again into more delays. To that end, I filed an amendment to the tax extenders legislation before this Chamber which included a package of six bipartisan, achievable policy reforms designed to facilitate an entrepreneurial environment under which our Nation's almost 30 million small business firms can create new jobs. I had hoped to offer this amendment, which I am introducing today as a freestanding bill called the Small Business Job Creation Act, but after talking with the majority leader at length last week, I decided to forgo that opportunity, as the leader indicated to me personally--and to the entire Senate--that he, too, is anxious to address a small business jobs bill in the coming weeks. Now that we have cleared the tax extenders package today and are taking up the long overdue Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization legislation, I hope the Senate as well will consider the jobs package that will include small business initiatives that are so vital and imperative to the well-being of small businesses throughout the country and that we can address this issue before the Easter recess.…”