Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is a privilege this morning to speak about a component of the stimulus package which I think does garner wide bipartisan support. There are many good ideas. And I, as a Republican, stand in this Chamber to say I look forward to voting to extend unemployment benefits and health care benefits. I think these ideas add to the demand side of the equation by giving dollars to consumers--to taxpayers--who very much need to make ends meet and to meet life's necessities. There is a supply side to this debate that actually is central to an economic recovery, and that is the supply side of doing things which truly stimulate the economy, because if we want to get back to surpluses, the best way we can do that is by pursuing policies that will lend themselves to growth. The bonus depreciation amendment, which I have before the Senate this morning, does that very thing. It has won verbal support from the likes of Chairman Greenspan and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who uniformly endorse a stimulus package, and specifically the immediate stimulative effect on the economy of the temporary enactment of bonus depreciation.”