Political Quotes

“I ran for Congress because it had been my observation that in northeastern and north central Pennsylvania, we exported our milk and our stone and our timber and our manufactured goods, but we had also for a couple generations been exporting our children. The reason we exported our children is they would grow up in these good families and get an education and go somewhere else to find a job, because we did not have enough good jobs at home. I have worked very hard to get more good jobs in northeastern Pennsylvania. We have been pretty successful at that. But the first rule if we want a good economy in our own districts is to protect the jobs we have. What do we historically do in the country? When I was a young man growing up in Nicholson, we had three feed mills, or excuse me, five feed mills, two car dealerships, three creameries. If we go through that town today, there are not any of those. Why did that happen? That happened because we lost our agricultural base. In the country, there are a few things we do for a living. We farm, we timber, we quarry stone. Those are all very important revenue producers and sources of employment and sources of good, stable family life in my district. I am concerned that we have policies in this country that are making those industries less and less viable.”