Political Quotes

“before I resume debate on the judicial nominations, all this talk about not having done work on the economy ignores the fact this Senate early this year passed a jobs and growth package that is working--7.2 percent growth in the last quarter. A lot of people, maybe some, may be upset we are having great economic growth and 300,000 jobs have been created. As this chart shows, we are now in the most jobs in the history of America, 138 million people. See the signs of doom and gloom and 6 percent unemployment that 10 years ago would have been full employment, we are at that level now. The idea we are going to hell in a hand basket with the economy, some may wish that to be the case for political purposes, but it just is not. It is not a fact. The facts are this economy is growing. Sure, we have more to do. That is why we have the jobs and growth package we are trying to push through having to do with litigation reform, which is being blocked by the other side of the aisle. On several fronts, whether it is medical lawsuit abuse, whether it is class action reform--which we lost on the floor of the Senate by one single vote--whether it is asbestos legislation--talk about manufacturing jobs. Asbestos litigation is killing us. What is happening? The other side of the aisle is blocking it because their trial lawyer friends in the Democrat Party, who support the Democratic Party more than any group, they are blocking productivity, they are blocking job creation.”