Dennis Hastert Quotes on Business & Commerce (12 Quotes)

I know that the news of dismal economic forecasts and the layoffs in the technology sector has some people in the industry worried,

Our economy is robust and will remain strong as more Americans who want a job find one. Republican economic policies based on tax relief are working for the American people.

We now have the largest surplus in history, ... As we commit ourselves to finding ways to secure our retirement programs, we also commit ourselves to bringing fairness to the tax code.

We need a tax code that recognizes that working families need help, ... They don't need the federal government picking their pocket and taking money out of their account just because they're married.

We will start by providing relief from the unfair marriage penalty tax.

The American people want us to go to work. They want us to produce good policy, ... The ability for us to save Social Security and Medicare in the future, the ability to give American workers and working families more of their money so that they can keep it in their pocket instead of giving it to the tax collectors.

And if it helps the economy, it helps your business,

Well, there's a lot of types of tax cuts in the menu ... Some people are talking about an across-the-board tax cut, there's marriage penalty, there's reduction for earnings test and seniors and Social Security. There's a lot of things that we're looking at and I think whatever we do will be part of a mix.

Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.

Trade votes in the US Congress are never really easy things.

provides for common sense tax relief in the future. We have the largest surplus in history, which means the taxpayers are being overcharged.

We need to make sure everything was above-board, ... It's an important business, an important sector of our economy and we can't function without that. We need to make sure other types of companies aren't facing that same type of problem.