Political Quotes

“I thank the Senator from Louisiana for her tireless advocacy and leadership in getting us to this point, because this is absolutely critical for small businesses, certainly in Michigan and across the country. I know we talked about it before. Isn't it true that when we look at job growth--and this is a jobs bill, I am sure the Senator agrees--small businesses are creating the jobs? Would she not agree, as well, that when we look at manufacturing in my State, the suppliers are small businesses? So what we are talking about here is growing jobs. Would the Senator agree and speak about the fact that this is about jobs, about the fact that the majority of the jobs are coming from small business, and these are the folks who didn't cause the financial crisis, and they didn't create the recklessness on Wall Street? They got hit by it, along with our community bankers who didn't cause it; would the Senator agree?”