Political Quotes

“I thank the Chair. So these amendments represent just a small sample of the ideas our side of the aisle has put forward to help the long-term unemployed, accelerate job creation, and grow the economy--something I know we all want. We all want it, so why not talk about it. Why not vote on these ideas. Why not get the Senate back into the position where we have the give and take of ideas and where we come up with the best for the American people. A few other amendments my colleagues from Ohio and Kansas, Senator Portman and Senator Roberts, have offered would increase accountability and much stronger safeguards in the U.S. regulatory system. Regulations are what the bureaucracy does. We can't vote for them or against them. We can't hold them accountable that way, and they are out of control. If someone wants to know why those bills are so important, it is because last year the Obama administration imposed $112 billion worth of new regulations on the U.S. economy--$112 billion worth of new regulations in 2013 alone. Our colleague from Alaska, Senator Murkowski, who is the ranking member of the energy committee, is rightly concerned about the impact of misguided regulations on our energy industry--primarily the oil and gas industry--and she has taken the time to draft a bold plan for reforming U.S. energy policy that would promote economic growth, job creation, national security, and responsible stewardship of our environment.…”