Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, we're more than 5 weeks into this Congress and the majority has yet to bring to the floor even a single bill aimed at job creation. Yesterday I asked, Where is the job creation agenda? The American people have said loud and clear job creation should be our top priority, and the Republicans have pledged a ``laser-like focus'' on the issue. Today they're planning 10 hours of meaningless debate to instruct committees to do oversight which they should be doing anyhow. Let me offer an alternative. Today I introduced H.R. 11, legislation to extend the successful Build America Bonds program--a jobs bill. During the last 2 years, $4.4 billion from the Recovery Act leveraged $181 billion in new bonds at the State and local levels. And $181 billion is needed in construction, bridge, and road repairs--$181 billion in job creation. My own State of Virginia issued $3.3 billion of those bonds in 45 distinct projects, and Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of jobs were created. We can create hundreds of thousands more if we extend this program. So I ask my colleagues, if you're serious about job creation, support H.R. 11.”