Political Quotes

“Number one, I agree with you. I would like to go to the same place and say you are just not going to make stuff that competes with the private sector. The law called for minimal impact. But we have got to get the 218 votes. We need to pass this through the House. We need to get it through the Senate. And we need to get this done so at least these workers will have the opportunity to compete and fight for their jobs. They are, in many ways, fighting an uphill battle. They are fighting 23 cents an hour labor. They are fighting factories that have no OSHA regulations. They are fighting a bureaucracy that the capital is funded by us so there is no cost or a minimal cost of capital. But the surprising thing is they have shown that they can do it. So I am willing to accept that as somewhat of a compromise, and the compromise that we have developed, not only do we have great bipartisan support here, but we have got support from the Federal Contracting Officers. Where else can you go and get a letter of endorsement from the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Teamsters and the NFIB? I mean, this is where organized labor and the business groups all come together because we are all interested in one thing. We are interested in creating, and maybe in this case, preserving high-quality, high-paying jobs in America where this Justice Department, this FPI, this Federal Prison Industries and some would say this administration, is bent on eliminating high-quality, high-paying jobs.”