Political Quotes

“I thank the Chair. A family that invested money in the stock market, under the Clinton administration, for example, if they invested $10,000, they would get almost a 50-percent return on that money, in fact a little over 50-percent return. Jobs have been added, as I have indicated, and the fact of the matter is, Mr. President, they have been good jobs, high-wage jobs. Over 60 percent of the jobs added have been high-wage jobs. So we have work to do. We have a lot more that we can do. There are a lot of people not enjoying the success of the economy that is doing so well. We have to try to make sure that we do a better job in allowing people to succeed in this great country that we have. But I want everyone within the sound of my voice to appreciate the fact that we as an economy, we as a country, are doing extremely well. We have to feel good. We have to have confidence in our economy, confidence in our Government. We can only do that by understanding that we need to work together in a bipartisan fashion to move the country along. We can do that by, first of all, allowing up-or-down votes on the minimum wage, repeal of the gas tax, and if the majority leader wants to bring forward the TEAM Act, let us have a debate on that like we have done in the Senate for over 200 years.”