Political Quotes

“I thank the chairman. I want to commend Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Hill, and all of the sponsors who have worked so hard on the underlying legislation and for the dedication to doing what? Improving the capital markets and creating jobs in this country. Mr. Chairman, the last decade has really not been kind to middle class Americans and to lower income Americans as well, where people are struggling to make it to the 15th of the month or the end of the month. We have not experienced in this country a 3 percent GDP since, I think, back in 2005. Middle class income wages are basically stagnating, and the number of people in poverty in this country during this administration has reached an astonishing 50 million people. Did you hear that? Fifty million people during the Obama administration find themselves still in poverty right now. Yet, the Obama administration continues--if you listen to him and our committee meetings from the other side of the aisle, they tout the supposed strength of the recovery, despite the fact that, under President Obama, only the rich in this country have gotten richer while the poor and the middle class continue to struggle. Today our committee brings to the floor a package of bills that will do what, they will help small businesses. They will help people get new jobs. They will help the creation of new hiring.…”