Political Quotes

“I really don't have much to add because Senator Kyl has done an outstanding job in explaining our amendment and the benefits to the country if we pass this amendment. To the people in South Carolina who might, by chance, be listening, the reason I am so passionate about trying to extend the tax cuts and making sure this budget does not deal a death blow to tax cuts that have been in place in some form or manner since 2003 is the evidence is overwhelming that they have helped our economy. Just to kind of build on what Senator Kyl has said, my belief is the global economy of the 21st century is going to require America to rethink across the board how we engage our global competitors. Americans have to ask themselves these questions: Is our tax structure going to be globally competitive? Are we going to have a tax structure that will allow capital to be welcome in this country so that people who take risk can be rewarded here or will we drive people somewhere else? The regulatory side of government, the litigation side of our American experience here needs to be looked at anew out of a sense of a need to fit into a global economy and to be fair to all our citizens. In my opinion, the worst thing we can do is to create a tax structure that drives jobs overseas. In this economy, where anyone can do business anywhere in the world, people do look at tax rates in making decisions about whether to invest here or somewhere else.”