Everybody in the business community started screaming simultaneously. |
He believes in the need to get this economy back on a high growth track, to increase productivity so we can have higher wages and incomes. |
I don't think it is a slam dunk, but I don't think there's much doubt that John Roberts crosses the finish line. |
I don't think this boils down to a 30-second spiel with anybody. |
If Oxley had more control over that process and the timing, I just don't think we would have the law that resulted. |
If there's going to be retaliation, which frequently takes place in the trade world — the kind of retaliation would be either tariff barriers, non-tariff barriers, or prohibitions similar to any that the Congress of the United States may choose to impose on the ports deal. How could that be good for the world's largest exporter, which is the United States, with 30 percent of our economy dependent on (international) trade? |
If this [port] deal gets scuttled, all those questions are going to be on the table. |
Reform is critical if we are to encourage businesses to offer a pension benefit now, while many workers still have time to build for their retirement. Without reform, more workers will be forced to rely on Social Security, which is already facing financial difficulty. |
Republicans, who had been a phalanx of support for Bush, now are in a cacophony. |
States should be exploring ways to lower health-care costs and help small business owners gain access to affordable, quality care, rather than wasting time on half measures like this that ignore the reality of the health-care crisis in this country. |
The bill closes some glaring loopholes in current trademark law and provides much-needed tools to enhance criminal-enforcement efforts. |
The business community is convinced we are going to have a pension bill. |
The calendar says they will be in session for 120 days, but when you subtract Mondays and Fridays, which are travel days, that drops to 74, so it's a very short playing field. At some point, you have to see what's politically achievable. |
There is a potential for this to be bad [for foreign investment]. This is sending a message, not just to the UAE but to Bahrain, Jordan, Oman – not to mention negotiations that are ongoing on a Middle East free trade agreement. |
They have got a lot to do in a compressed time frame and a lot to resolve between the chambers. |