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" When the Smoot-Hawley bill landed on President Herbert Hoover's desk, more than 1,000 economists urged him to veto it. Tragically, the president ignored their pleas. "

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" I will carry with me always the deep sense of what it feels like to be an outsider and how tough it was, how hard it was to adapt to this country. "

Elaine Chao

Adapt

Country

Tough

" In normal times, laid-off workers are unemployed an average of eight weeks. "

" We have a lot of employers who are looking for skilled workers and not being able to find them. And we have workers who lack the requisite skills to access these good-paying jobs in high growth industries. "

" The Obama administration likes to say that it is 'pro-worker.' But something is amiss when its labor priorities are forcing unionization and labor contracts on American workplaces, and denying union members information on how their dues money is spent. "

" For any trade deal to move forward, there has to be agreement. "

" Around the time President Lyndon B. Johnson was declaring a War on Poverty in the 1960s, federal, state and local governments began accelerating a veritable War on the Private Sector. "

" America needs a new approach to boost the economy - one that does not doom future generations to being saddled with paying off today's federal deficits. "

" Perhaps the original layaway angel knew from experience, or simply deduced, that people resorting to the old-fashioned installment method of layaway may be struggling financially. "

" We need long-term tax reform that promotes private sector job creation. And legislated mandates that kill jobs by raising the cost of payrolls need to be eliminated. "

" To maintain their own competitiveness, workers need to attain and stay current on the qualifications needed to advance in a constantly evolving economy. "

" We Americans typically are more positive about our individual futures, which we have some control over, than we are the nation's or the world's, which we see largely through the media prism. "

" We have many rules and regulations that can be sometimes confusing and complicated. By reaching out to the employer community and educating them on what their responsibilities and obligations are to their work force, that, along, with strong enforcement, is the best way to protect workers. "

" There should be an immediate moratorium on federal regulations that endanger jobs. "

" Outside of Washington, D.C., most Americans aren't concerned with doing things 'big.' They're looking for less government spending, lower taxes, and good jobs. "

" When Peace Corps was first proposed, some in Congress assumed that only men would be volunteers. "

" America's private sector job creators need elected leaders to lead and get out of the way. "

" Confidence, capital, and new markets fuel entrepreneurship and job-generating expansion of existing businesses. "

" The borrow-spend-and-centralize agenda that has been so destructive to job creation elsewhere in America has been a gravy boat inside the Beltway. "

" As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.' "

Elaine Chao

Liberty

Time

" We are a Republic with different branches of government, and so the Senate and the House are going to be full partners in working with the White House. "

" I love working in the garden. "

" Washington policymakers have to understand the adverse implications of their actions on job creation, and they must reorder some of their priorities. "

" Confidence, capital, and credit fuel entrepreneurship and economic expansion. "

" My parents were very supportive. "

" What out country is facing right now is a skills gap. "

" We want to make sure that workers know their rights and that employers know their obligations. That is the best way to protect workers. "

" Washington's parasitic approach to the private sector must change for there to be widespread, near-term and enduring prosperity and job creation. "

" If we did not have Obamacare, we could've addressed the healthcare crisis in a comprehensive but segmented fashion - meaning that we could have promoted a health savings plan. We could've pushed for tort reform, which added so much more cost to healthcare. "

" People can voice their different points of view. We are also a country where there will be criticism. "

" Taxpayers should demand that their states honestly assess public pension plans, accurately measure the assets and liabilities, and take steps to provide fair benefits to public employees that limit taxpayers' liability. "