Political Quotes

“I thank Senator Landrieu very much for her leadership as chair of the Small Business Committee. She has put in countless hours working with the national small business community and asking what the key obstacles are and how can we help to address them. The result is a list of endorsements from I would say about every organization in the United States. This list has grown as we have been debating this bill. This list has grown while we were out talking to our small businesses back home. I was astounded when my staff put it into my hands today because it is no longer one page, as it was earlier in our conversations, it is no longer two pages, but page after page of fine print of every organization from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association, the Hotel and Lodging Association, the American Farm Bureau, the National Association of Realtors, the National Federation of Independent Business, the National Restaurant Association, to the Independent Community Bankers of America. If you know of an organization that works with small businesses in America, it is on this list. It is phenomenal. Why have all these groups--more than I have ever seen on any bill--said they support this small business jobs bill? Well, I will tell you why. Because this bill is targeted at putting small business back in gear as the job factories of America.”