Political Quotes

“So just a few moments ago, I joined with my Senate Democratic colleagues to stand with a group of small business owners who are living every day--every day--with the wreckage of Donald Trump's economic agenda. And let me tell you, these small business owners are not partisans-- some of them support the President. Many of the business owners I stood with in New York support the President; but right now, all of them are watching their livelihoods go up in smoke. Donald Trump's reckless trade war is economic arson, and it is Main Street that is getting scorched. In a few weeks, Donald Trump's tariff tax has jacked up prices, smashed supply chains, and forced small shops to make impossible choices: raise costs on their customers, lay off workers, or shut their doors for good--which some, unfortunately, are doing. While Trump's billionaire buddies get private meetings to go beg for exemptions, America's small business owners are left out in the cold--forgotten, ignored. They don't have Donald Trump's phone number--nope. As many know, this is National Small Business Week. Thirty-five million businesses in this country employ nearly 60 million Americans. And I heard my friend the Republican leader talk about it being National Small Business Week. Well, I would say to my Republican colleagues, if you really want it to be National Small Business Week, put our legislation on the floor that exempts small businesses from the tariffs. That will make small businesses happy.…”