Political Quotes

On the recordJune 6, 2012
Mr. President, 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.…
Said by
Roy Blunt
Republican · Missouri

Share & report

More from Roy Blunt

Jul 27, 2022

Mr. President, I am glad to join you and the other Senator from Georgia, Mr. Ossoff, here today and join both of you in sharing some thoughts about Senator Isakson. Senator Ossoff has already said a lot of things that are easily said. Not…

Congressional Record · 2022-07-27
Dec 5, 2023

Senator Blunt's longstanding promise of expanding the reach and resources of the Nation's Registry has saved thousands of lives.

congress.gov
Sep 26, 2022

We request this subcommittee preserve CDC's global measles control activities for fiscal year 2020 at $50 million.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation