This is the first time I have held a full committee meeting, since I have been Chairman, outside of Washington.
My general feeling is that we have to do whatever we can to create more jobs for people in this state.
I am Chairman of the Commerce Committee, and I have been focusing on increasing jobs.
What are we going to do about it? Do we accept that as our fate, or do we decide that we have to work together doubly hard to change it?
We keep fighting, because we believe in our people. We believe in what we can do to help.
I said, well, let us take $1 billion off of it. Will that help?
I have heard a lot of things about you, and they are all good. And I really look forward to working with you.
The Senate Commerce Committee is probably the most bipartisan of all committees in the Senate.
I would like to acknowledge your leadership, Senator Rockefeller, in passing the Small Business Jobs Act which was signed into law.
Any Senator by objecting can prevent a bill from being considered on the floor.
What we need in this state is more jobs. And that is what it is, is more jobs, more jobs, more jobs.