Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the Republican leader and the leader of our Innovation Initiative. Mr. McCARTHY. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, innovation is the key to America's future. With it, America can continue to be the economic and cultural leader of the world while providing important and good-paying jobs here at home. With it, our government can spend more time and money in helping Americans who need it and less in supporting a wasteful, ineffective, and outdated bureaucracy. I have seen firsthand the power of innovation in America, and it is not just in Silicon Valley. Centers of innovation are growing across our country and are bringing with them new opportunities and second chances. I recently visited a company called ZeroFOX in south Baltimore. They provide social media security and they gather intelligence on the threats that are facing employees, businesses, and other organizations online. ZeroFOX is a bright spot in a city, like so many others in America, that was hit hard by a recession but that was struggling long before then. These communities were centers of industry--they manufactured and thousands were employed. Then some companies closed up shop; manufacturing declined; and people lost their livelihoods. But America is not a story of decline. Even today, you can see communities rising again, not by trying to recreate the past, but by looking to the future.…”