Jim McCrery Quotes (14 Quotes)

those businesses, we hope, will be employing and paying residents of the affected area.

U.S. Rep. Jim McCrery, R-Shreveport, said he was glad to hear the president ensure that federal spending will be monitored to keep it honest. He really hit on all the right points, ... We've got a lot of work to do.

The bill continues Congress's effort to bring immediate relief to those individuals and families devastated by Hurricane Katrina, ... This Congress stands ready to help those most affected by Hurricane Katrina.

I look forward to the president's quickly signing this bill, so that Gulf Coast citizens can begin to rebuild their lives without the concern of how they will pay their taxes,

We're looking at a variety of ways to solve that problem. Clearly, it's got to be addressed,

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.

We're operating on the assumption that we will be pulling together something in September for a vote some time this fall, ... there is no consensus.

What is being done is fairly massive. There will be temporary field offices in various areas around the disaster zone, ... We'll be trying to get word to refugees that are staying in shelters that they can visit or call these temporary field offices to get their checks. As you can imagine, it's a rather difficult proposition to get that information out to the people who need it.

the behavior of the minority ... warranted the sergeant at arms being called.

There is sympathy for doing something, ... I think they make a strong case for some kind of assistance.

This is going to be critical to make sure people have access to their Social Security, or SSI, or now, unfortunately, unemployment checks,

The best way to celebrate Social Security's birthday would be to enact legislation that ensures Americans' hard-earned contributions to Social Security will be dedicated solely to paying Social Security benefits and not used to fund other programs,

I can assure you that the House Ways and Means Committee has not abandoned trying to extend the dividend tax cut and the capital gains tax cut. We think that is critical. We have not given up on that,

I'm trying to understand it, because I have to explain it to my colleagues, ... We reached the compromise (in the first tax relief bill) with the understanding that this issue would remain open.