Political Quotes

“Mr. President, with the unemployment rate hovering above 9 percent nationwide, and at almost 11 percent in my home State of Rhode Island, job creation must continue to be our No. 1 priority as lawmakers. It disappoints me that Republicans chose politics over job creation yesterday when they filibustered legislation that would have reauthorized the Economic Development Administration, an agency dedicated to restoring economically distressed regions to prosperity. In the past, this bill has been reauthorized and supported broadly, indeed, by unanimous consent. It is the fourth jobs bill the minority has chosen to obstruct, and I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will reconsider their tactics. If not, we may have to reconsider ours and force some votes on job creation measures without this litany of irrelevant amendments that have bogged down and obstructed the previous jobs bill we have tried to get action on. Out- of-work Americans are hurting right now, and they want us to act to help create jobs. I rise today to introduce a measure that will do just that. I have heard from dozens of Rhode Island business owners that business is picking up a bit, but they are still concerned the recovery may be temporary and that discourages them from hiring additional workers. I spoke with one such small business owner on Monday. I visited Dona Vincent during a tour of her Cranston, RI company, Tedco.…”