Political Quotes

“within the last 20 minutes, I have heard on the floor comments about the sequester. A previous speaker on the Democratic side of the aisle said the sequester was hurting small business and said the sequester was causing economic uncertainty. Another Senator on the other side of the aisle made reference to the Washington Post. Well, I would draw the attention of this body to the Washington Post of this morning, a front page story in the Washington Post of today, Thursday, March 21: ``Health-care uncertainty weighs down small firms''--not the sequester, uncertainty about the health care law. ``Requirements under 2010 law sow confusion, fear among businesses.'' That is the problem that is driving the fear and the anxiety and the lack of new business starts and the failure to expand business. In this article, there is a small business owner of an air- conditioning firm in Richmond. He says: In speaking to them, I am convinced-- He is talking about other customers, he is talking about other businesses-- I am convinced that the primary reason we aren't seeing a robust economic recovery is the uncertainty and costs associated with this health-care law. ``Looming health-care changes hold back small businesses.'' Another quote from the article: It's already hard out there right now. . . . This may be-- ``This'': the health care law-- the straw that breaks the camel's back.…”