Political Quotes

“I rise to support H.R. 2888. It is obvious to me that those that oppose this bill do not understand the dynamics of sales in this country. I would ask everybody here tonight, would you like to go back to the rotary telephone, get rid of the systems in your offices that have the rotary phone that you dial by hand that are not connected to each other? No, you would not. It would not make any sense to you. Would you like to go back to the mechanical typewriter and do away with the computer systems that are all networked and go back? The law that is in place is holding us back in this country from allowing salespeople to do what they do best. Salespeople are undervalued in your view. The salespeople are the oil and gas of the American economic engine. They are what drives it. As salespeople are successful and they earn a commission, they make more money. And they put their friends and neighbors to work because they sell more goods that make a company go. Technology today allows companies to do more sales inside instead of wasting travel time. And this bill is narrowly drafted, probably a little more narrowly drafted than I would have agreed to, it is narrowly drafted. You do not have to worry about a $20,000 person. You give them a sales commission, and they are going to make 30, 40, the sky is the limit. Flexibility of time in the sales force is a benefit to the customer and a benefit to the employee.”