Phil English Quotations

He was a strong believer in the big-tent approach. He was outspoken and aggressive but had a populist approach ? less about issues and more about getting people involved.

Reading expands the minds of children, ... It allows us to use our imagination and helps us develop our critical thinking skills. I hope these books will help spur a lifetime love of learning among our children.

Clearly, NAFTA has never delivered on its promises, ... We need to redesign NAFTA so it's not a race to the bottom.

There is actually some common ground, ... All three of us are facing real threats from Chinese trading policies.

She has an aptitude for being able to sell a partisan agenda beyond its partisan audience.

One of the major problems faced with Hurricane Katrina was lack of communication. This issue has been addressed. We have back up plans and then we have back up plans for our back up plans.

send a strong signal to Beijing that Congress will not sit idly by while China's mercantilist trade policy injures U.S. employers and costs us jobs.

This repatriation will lower the cost of capital, create jobs, and significantly provide seed corn for some of the most dynamic sectors of our emerging economy, ... We have seen a subsidence of some of the investments we saw in the 1980s. As result, we have seen the U.S. economy not enjoy as much growth as it did in the 1980s. As a one-shot deal, this will provide a significant boost to capital at a lot of firms, the benefits of which will be felt for years to come.

The size of this repatriation shows how distorted our current tax regime is,

Our trade remedy laws are useless unless enforced. The Section 421 safeguard is the last line of defense for this struggling industry and we shouldn't be afraid to use it.