Roy Blunt: “I do think there are those things that we can agree on. I am glad to join the three of you and Senator Rubio as one of…”

“I do think there are those things that we can agree on. I am glad to join the three of you and Senator Rubio as one of the cosponsors of this bill that you all crafted and put together. Good energy policy, good tax policy, good regulatory policy are important to the future. But there are things we can do right now even outside of these bigger debates we need to have that are in this bill. Who would have thought--Senator Moran brought this poster to the floor--Great Britain would become a real competitor for us as a better place to do business? I have talked to more than one American business lately that has actually changed their worldwide headquarters and their corporate structure to Britain instead of the United States of America. Then we have another--this poster is ``Entrepreneurs are Great Britain.'' I think entrepreneurs are still the United States of America. But this ad would suggest otherwise. ``Your next big idea. Canada.'' Canada is a great trading partner. They are a neighbor of ours. They are a friend of ours. But I do not think we would have thought a decade ago that these countries would be repositioning themselves, and that has happened. Also, I think we have not kept up like we should and we could have with things such as the Startup Act.…”