Tom Rice

What I need is your suggestions, because I want to know where we start in reducing this red tape and getting these approvals for the Port of Miami.

I rise to speak about an entirely different topic today. And my topic pales in comparison to the death of children at the hands of this awful clinic, so please excuse me for the diversion. What I rise to speak about today is the sequester…

we want the person with the skill set that we want.

If Congresswoman Meng had a great idea and she and I wanted to start a high-tech firm...

Ultimately, I am very pragmatic about this. I want solutions that help my members, and so removing the cap would be great but I am also very cognizant of the needs of Congress to meet compromise levels.

I think voters don't mind doing that, as she said, if they see that it will go directly to projects that benefit them.

I think that infrastructure drives American competitiveness, worldwide.

I believe that there are quite a few benefits that we are seeing in the Senate bill.

Not only do we have to change how we are doing business as a nation because it makes it more attractive, but we have to do it more aggressively because other countries are not just being more welcoming for U.S. educated students but they…

we have had a huge tax increase at the very end of the last year to satisfy the fiscal cliff deal.

the unfortunate truth is that the Federal Government's budget has grown by about 29 percent in the last 5 years.

We have a hard time with parents steering their children away from that kind of a career path.

The state of manufacturing is strong. Even though we are down on job count, the manufactured products generated by this country are as great as they have ever been.

America is at a crossroads and cultivating our innovative strength to foster job creation and economic growth is necessary if we are going to compete on a worldwide stage.

Manufacturing is not dead. It is not going away. It is just different.

Nobody can beat us, but we can sure beat ourselves.

the federal government is now going to choose that for you. They are going to dictate the kind of coverages that you have to buy.

And those coverages, do you think they are free? They cost money. And you are going to pay for them.

I think we are the best Nation on earth, we have more capacity than anyone on earth.

if we could ever get our tax policy, if we could get past this health care debate, if we could take the blinders off, get rid of the uncertainty, and put into effect a competitive tax rate, get these regulations off our business, I think…

This is just one more example of government inserting itself into business, trying to make decisions for business 'one size fits all,' and hamstringing our businesses and making us less competitive.

we have got to do some basic rethinking of this process, or I am afraid we have--we are going to hold back this country's future.

I have not seen anything in the president's budget that creates a smaller, more accountable, more efficient government.

This week, as hardworking Americans across the country submit their tax returns, we are all reminded of the heavy burden placed upon all taxpayers by our country's broken tax system. Like a snowball rolling down a hill, the United States…

how is she going to better off and able to hire more employees, and pay them a better wage, and invest in new locations when the president is proposing to raise taxes on her?