Bruce Josten
Bruce Josten
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They have got a lot to do in a compressed time frame and a lot to resolve between the chambers.
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I don't think this boils down to a 30-second spiel with anybody.
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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.
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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.
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The business community is convinced we are going to have a pension bill.
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This law will help make the world a miserable place for counterfeiters. Next, we need greater coordination among enforcement agencies to enforce the laws on the books and bring these criminals who engage in counterfeiting and piracy to justice.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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This will accomplish very little, and this totally misses the mark, which is to take appropriate steps to slow the kind of double-digit health care increases we've seen. This is so far off the mark it's incredible.
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We need to have more access to more markets abroad, not less access.
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While the security of the American people and our critical infrastructure must always be a top priority, implementing the laws that could harm the health of our economy in the name of national security would be a grave mistake. All parties involved must strive to find a balance that keeps us safe while at the same time allows our economy to continue to flourish.
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We do have a concern about the potential for retaliation in the trade space.
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We've evaluated a bunch of these now, ... We've determined you can't possibly predict how they're going to rule on a certain set of facts in a given case.