Political Quotes

“right now the Senate is considering the small business jobs bill, a very important proposal that was part of President Obama's package to increase employment in this country. It will create a million jobs. This legislation will give tax credits to businesses that grow and hire. Yet Republicans are looking for any excuse to vote down the proposal for two reasons: No. 1, it has the support of President Obama and the Democrats in Congress. Second, it would strengthen the economy, which would help President Obama. We know Republicans will not do anything that helps President Obama, even if it is good for the economy, because their No. 1 goal is to defeat the President. My friend Mitch McConnell has said that. So Republicans are hiding behind their usual procedural trick, filibustering with unrelated amendments. If there is any doubt about Republicans' motivation to kill this legislation, take a look with me at the amendment proposed today by Senator Hatch of Utah. The first thing Senator Hatch's amendment would do is eliminate all the tax cuts, every tax cut we have in this proposal, every one of them, the one that is now before the Senate, to create a million jobs. The Hatch amendment would literally eliminate every provision in the bill designed to create jobs. Senator Hatch's amendment eliminates the 10-percent credit for employers to hire additional workers or increase their payrolls, a provision that would create--that part alone--a half million jobs.…”