Steve Chabot

I happen to be the chairman now of the House Small Business Committee, so I kind of look at it from both sides.

The Committee takes its oversight roles very seriously and we really do work in a bipartisan manner.

And there aren't a lot of easy choices here.

And I will give the President credit for drawing attention to the fact that, yes, we do have a $20 trillion debt hanging over our head.

I think, on both sides, this has been abused for years by both Democrats and Republicans, where people who really aren't qualified are the faces of the American people around the world.

When it comes to foreign aid, that is one of the things--everybody always says, we are spending way too much on foreign aid.

That is not the job of the State Department. And that is a way to make enemies, is to go in and tell people that your fundamental beliefs are wrong and we are going to push you on it.

It is not our moral obligation to build the economy of these other countries, especially when there is so much corruption involved that that gets drained away and taken from the American taxpayers.

We need to reform that. We need to make sure that when some dictator is ripping his own people off, that instead of going to the American taxpayers--let's just pour some more money in there--that we take care of the banks and those…

Does it make sense that we finance people who will not come to grips and will not go and actually seek a real peace with Israel after all of this time?

Somebody finally got the message from the American people that we are not going to put up with the corruption, with the financing of our enemies that we see over and over again when we look at our foreign aid budget.

Small firms pay 67 percent more to comply with the Tax Code than do large firms.

Regulations have a substantially higher impact on them than they do on larger business entities.

Small business witness after small business witness has come before us, and constituent after constituent back home, and stated how unworkable the whole thing is.

We constantly remind folks about how important small businesses are to the American economy.

Putin's goal is to create chaos.

It is my opinion that in recent years America's traditional leadership role around the world has been in great retreat.

America's entrepreneurs are crying out for tax relief and this Committee is listening to them.

In my view, these provisions prioritize government growth through revenue collection over economic growth, and that is exactly the wrong approach.

I think all four of the witnesses made great suggestions that I think we ought to seriously consider.

It is those people who raise their children to aspire to be suicide bombers. Those are the people that should be condemned by the world and not Israel.

I believe it was during the Second Intifada, if I am not mistaken.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 304(d)(1) of the bill, strike ``and'' at the end. In section 304(d)(2) of the bill, strike the…

The pivot has really been a sorry excuse for strategy.