Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Oklahoma for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the distinguished leader was exactly right in his comments, but I would just like people to think about something. Every single problem we face today globally emanated right here, from this same floor. Tax policy, regulation policy, drove most of these businesses offshore. They didn't leave because they didn't like America. They left because it looked like America didn't like them. We have seen the erosion of so much of what it is that we are, all because of policy that emanated right from this same floor. Now, we are trying to do something to correct bad policy in the past. I am in the automobile business. We can't finish building cars because we don't have the product necessary to finish them. Most of the people we talk to said we didn't leave America by choice. We were forced offshore by policy. The Speaker and I know this because we are big fans of the steel business. The only thing I would ask my friends on this side and my colleagues on the other side, there are consequences for past performance. This bill in no way is perfect, and Mr. Hoyer is exactly correct about that. But the question is: What is it that we are trying to fix, and whose problem is it? The answer is: It is our problem because it is happening in real time on our watch. We have to do something. Doing nothing is not the answer to how we fix this bad situation. But we can't do everything from the House.…”