Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in opposition to the rule and urge my colleagues to defeat the previous question so that we can take up the legislation that has just been outlined by Mr. Pascrell. There is no more responsibility that we have than creating good- paying jobs for the American people; and this is, after all, according to President Trump, ``Make It in America'' Week, which, in fact, is a centerpiece of the Democratic agenda. We have a number of bills that are designed to help reinvigorate and strengthen American manufacturing. It is shocking for the American people to learn that we have a Tax Code, as Mr. Pascrell outlined, that gives a tax break to companies that ship American jobs overseas, exactly the opposite of what it should be if we are really concerned about creating good-paying jobs here in our own country. So defeating the previous question means we could take up the stop offshoring now legislation, which would get rid of this nonsensical provision in our Tax Code. When you go out there and talk to constituents, you say: One of the reasons we can't keep good manufacturing jobs here in America is because we incentivize, we use some of your tax dollars to incentivize companies to ship those jobs overseas. It makes no sense.…”