Political Quotes

“I thank my good friend from Missouri, the Republican leader of the Small Business Committee, Mr. Luetkemeyer. Madam Speaker, I am, as all of us are, I think, deeply concerned about the adverse impacts that the Democrats' budget reconciliation plan, as it is called, will have on our Nation's small businesses. Today, small businesses are battling severe labor shortages, escalating energy costs, inflationary pressures, supply chain disruptions, and potential mandates that are causing uncertainty and threatening small businesses' viability. That is happening today. All Members of Congress should be focused on pro-growth policies to help empower small businesses, startups, and American entrepreneurs. We should be discussing a smart deregulatory environment that allows the smallest firms to operate independently. Instead, our Democrat colleagues are attempting to push through completely partisan legislation with trillions of dollars in reckless spending and over $420 billion, at least, in tax hikes on Main Street job creators. Small businesses need better and they deserve better. Approximately two-thirds of American jobs are created by small businesses, so their strength is our Nation's economic strength. President Biden continues to tell business owners, and all of us, that this bill is going to reduce inflation and create jobs. This reconciliation bill--by the way, that is reconciliation with a ``W'' because it will do the exact opposite.…”