Political Quotes

“tonight we debate and tomorrow we act on legislation that will help set a course for a stronger national economy in the coming months. Next month, we will begin to address issues in the health care sector. We will look at ways to strengthen and improve Medicare. We will also begin the appropriations process, funding education, training, and other critically important programs that make contributions to our future economic growth. These issues and others are fundamental to the overall objective of maintaining stable, sustained economic growth that creates jobs and opportunities for all our citizens. For today we must act on the conference agreement we worked so hard on throughout this week, the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003. This is legislation that justly deserves the expedited consideration it was given over the last month and the special procedures afforded it under the Budget Act. It is, simply put, must-do legislation. The good things we enjoy as Americans come, in large part, from the wealth of our vast human and natural resources. They come from a political and economic system that rewards hard work, rewards the entrepreneurial spirit, rewards personal initiative--all conducted within a framework of fair, just, and equitable laws of commerce. History is replete with governments that have failed because of failed economies.”