"we have had a huge tax increase at the very end of the last year to satisfy the fiscal cliff deal."
"I think voters don't mind doing that, as she said, if they see that it will go directly to projects that benefit them."
"the unfortunate truth is that the Federal Government's budget has grown by about 29 percent in the last 5 years."
"we want the person with the skill set that we want."
"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 welcomin..."
"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."
"We have a hard time with parents steering their children away from that kind of a career path."
"Manufacturing is not dead. It is not going away. It is just different."
"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 think we are the best Nation on earth, we have more capacity than anyone on earth."