Political Quotes

“Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wisely noted: ``It takes less time to do a thing right than it does to explain why you did it wrong.'' In about 1 hour, Senators will be on the floor and have an opportunity to follow what Longfellow said; that is, to do the right thing. We have a bill that protects American jobs. The Bring Jobs Home Act tackles the growing problem of American jobs being shipped overseas. It is called outsourcing, shipping jobs overseas. We Democrats are lined up against outsourcing. The Bring Jobs Home Act would protect about 21 million jobs in our country. Today in the United States, anytime an American company closes a factory or a plant in America and moves operations to another country, American taxpayers pick up part of that moving bill. It is hard to believe, but it is true. A company moves from America, and American taxpayers help them with the move. If they want to move, American taxpayers shouldn't help them at all. The Bring Jobs Home Act ends senseless tax breaks for these outsourcers. It ends the ridiculous practice of American funding outsourcing of their own jobs. The Bring Jobs Home Act doesn't just fight to keep jobs here in America, it also brings jobs back. This bill provides a 20-percent tax credit to help American companies with the costs of moving operations back to the United States. The Bring Jobs Home Act will protect 150,000 jobs in Nevada.…”