Political Quotes

“With due deference to the good Senator, I understand his desire to make sure people who are unemployed receive assistance. I think he truly is a champion in that effort. I appreciate the opportunity to work with him in a bipartisan way. But I would submit this very legislation absolutely complements what he is trying to do, and does it in a number of ways, first, in terms of a permanent, real, long-term solution--meaning getting those people back to work, but, second, in terms of paying for it, in terms of actually paying for the cost of unemployment insurance, these provisions--this amendment and the other amendment we are offering--will actually help create revenue to do what the Senator is trying to do. For that reason, I think it is absolutely complementary to the legislation at hand and will in fact add bipartisan support to passage of that legislation. I will cite one more extremely compelling study which relates to this point before I turn back to the Senator from Wyoming. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 2011 commissioned a study. They had experts do an evaluation of energy projects awaiting approval to proceed from the administration--awaiting permits or other requirements so they could proceed with these energy projects. What I am talking about are energy projects that total billions, even hundreds of billions, of dollars where private companies are willing to invest their money and develop energy resources across this great country. The U.S.…”