Political Quotes

“I am on the floor with my colleague from North Dakota because we feel passionately about this issue. We are frustrated with the shenanigans that have gone on with the export credit agency. I say ``shenanigans'' because for a long time people said: Oh, well, there aren't the votes. We can't get this done. We don't have the votes. Well, when you lift the veil behind some very conservative, threatening tactics, there is majority support, in both the Senate and the House of Representatives, for this export credit agency. Now, one committee is trying to bottle up a nominee--if he doesn't like the nominee, come up with a different name. Come up with two names. Who cares? But what really is happening is that those on the other side of the aisle are enabling one individual to thwart the biggest manufacturing economic opportunity our country has to secure manufacturing jobs in the United States of America. Let's build great products. Let's have a credit agency that can finance deals to developing nations, and let's get those countries buying U.S. products. Why on Earth are we continuing these shenanigans so somebody can say to the Heritage Foundation: I got you one more trophy for your shelf. That is not what America is about. America is about competing, succeeding, and growing economic opportunity.…”