Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I am taking the floor today to speak in favor of the Bond amendment. I certainly am speaking for the small business…”

“I am taking the floor today to speak in favor of the Bond amendment. I certainly am speaking for the small business people of this country when I support the exemption that is provided in this amendment. I think it is very important that we look at the big picture when we are making law that is going to affect the economy of our country and most certainly the workplace of our country. We have passed free trade agreements, so we are now going to be in competition with businesses throughout the world. Many of these businesses have lower standards than we do. They have lower wage scales. I think America should keep our high standards, but I also think if we are going to keep jobs in America through export markets rather than shipping the jobs overseas--rather, export our products instead of our jobs--if we are going to do that, we have to look at the big picture and look at what we have done in this country over the last 3 or 4 years. In fact, what we are doing is increasing the cost of doing business in America.”