"The way I view this, really they are all taxes disguised because they are all the result of government action."
"I am getting hundreds of calls in my office, and they are not about sequester; they are about Obamacare."
"It seems like we are going to wring people dry."
"taxes take away from that, correct?"
"I do not think anybody really knows the effect of that. People say they do but I do not think anybody really knows the effect."
"I do not think there is anything more important than job creation and economic development and you are right at the heart of it."
"We have been operating under a continuing resolution for years. We have not had a budget for years."
"I think one of the biggest problems that businesses face is uncertainty."
"I think our businesses can compete with anybody, but the government has got a noose of red tape around their neck."
"I would like to thank you again for inviting me to testify on behalf of CFED."
"I want to figure out what we have got to do to change it to make us competitive again."