Political Quotes

“I hope when the time comes to vote this evening on the Leahy small business amendment that all Senators will vote for it. I have not heard the author of this bill, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, the majority leader, or anybody else speak in opposition to it. Obviously, they can vote any way they want, but I have yet to hear anybody talk in opposition to it. The time used on the other side was not used in opposition to it. I hope this is an indication that we will look first and foremost at small businesses, those businesses with under 25 people, to give them parity with the multibillion-dollar corporations. I grew up in the front of a small business store in Montpelier, VT. We lived in the front of the store. My parents had a small business in the back. Ninety percent of the businesses in Vermont are small but then many of the businesses nationwide are small businesses. What I want to do is make sure we protect small business creditors from losing out in the bankruptcy reform process.”