"Nothing is going to happen here if it is not bipartisan. Absolutely nothing is going to happen, and everybody has to come to that realization."
"Sam Johnson introduced a plan that would balance Social Security for 75 years without raising one cent of taxes."
"if we could just solve about--there is really not that many--five or six major problems that we face, we could unleash the American economy."
"I represent an area in South Carolina of eight counties. I live in Myrtle Beach, which is a very tourist-oriented area."
"And it is a real paradox because on the one hand, in these prosperous areas, which are not far way, I have got employers that are screaming for employees."
"Now, their unemployment rate is down; their unemployment rate is lower than it has been in 40 years, and that is good."
"But we have way too many people who are outside of the workforce."
"But I also represent three of the poorest counties in South Carolina. And they have been struggling for a long, long time."
"We are worried about this disruption with China. It is certainly affecting our business."
"We here in Washington have allowed that playing field to be tilted against them for far too long."
"I believe that our middle class--that American workers--can compete with anybody in the world on a level playing field."