Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this Congress convened in January with a single mandate from the American people: create jobs. So Democrats have brought to the Senate floor bill after bill aimed at helping American businesses innovate, grow, and hire. These were good pieces of legislation with proven track records of creating jobs. Take the latest, the Economic Development Administration reauthorization. Since 1965 the EDA has created jobs in economically distressed communities all over America, creating good jobs in places that need them, such as Nevada, California, Florida, and many others. This should be a goal on which we can all agree. In the last 5 years, the Economic Development Administration has created 314,000 jobs and has done it efficiently too. For every dollar the Federal Government invests, private industry invests $7. For 45 years the EDA has worked with businesses and universities at the local level to create jobs from the ground up. Even when Republicans controlled the White House, even when they controlled Congress, even when they controlled both, EDA was there helping businesses grow. Today, our economy needs jobs more than ever. Yet Republicans have found new ways to kill a piece of legislation that would put Americans back to work. They have stood on the Senate floor and talked with straight faces about job creation and then turned around and bogged down good job-creating legislation with amendments that would kill even the most bipartisan bill.…”