Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to first of all express my appreciation to my colleague from Arizona for his good words and his acknowledgment of the economy in Utah. Shortly after I had been elected, one of my very first votes cast in this Chamber was for tax reform. Since being signed into law, the positive impact tax reform has had on our economy has been absolutely astonishing. Not only has tax reform proven to be a tremendous success across America, it has proven particularly effective in my home State of Utah. To simply say the U.S. economy is doing well would be a gross understatement. As a member of the Small Business Committee, I believe that small businesses are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy, and, certainly, they are in my district. That is why I have been pleased to see that the small business optimism index has reached its second highest level in the survey's 45-year history. Consumer confidence is the highest we have seen in decades, and the unemployment rate in the United States is currently under 4 percent, and in my home State it is nearly 3 percent. In fact, for the first time since the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been keeping track, the number of available jobs now exceeds the number of unemployed U.S. workers. Not only is the unemployment rate historically low, but 90 percent of American workers also have had higher take-home pay now as a direct result of tax reform.…”