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> [The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs the economy is improving, it is not translating into jobs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/the-president-s-economic-plan-doesn-t-do-enough-to-create-new-jobs/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

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## More by Jay Rockefeller

> [Iran is nothing but trouble, and always has been that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/iran-is-nothing-but-trouble-and-always-has-been-that/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [ Everything is about accountability to the American people, accountability of the executive branch ... \[and\] accountability of the oversight of the Congress ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/everything-is-about-accountability-to-the-american-people/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [We were told by the president that we had no alternative but to go into Iraq because of the threat that Saddam Hussein's weapons…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/we-were-told-by-the-president-that-we-had-no-alternative-but-to-go/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [The Republicans, in the various arguments, repeat exactly the same phrases one after another, with no sense of embarrassment, no sense of shame, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/the-republicans-in-the-various-arguments-repeat-exactly-the-same/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [Once you arrive at an interpretation which you are comfortable in giving, no matter how specious it might be, and you are comfortable doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/once-you-arrive-at-an-interpretation-which-you-are-comfortable-in/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [There is a difference between being a political force, or a political apparent force or a potential force, and between a real discourse or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/there-is-a-difference-between-being-a-political-force-or-a-political/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/one-year-after-the-united-states-led-the-invasion-of-iraq-the-country/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/there-is-unmistakable-evidence-that-saddam-hussein-is-working/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [I don't think so, and that's partly the problem of not checking cargo, and it's partly the problem of biological weapons, which nobody has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/i-don-t-think-so-and-that-s-partly-the-problem-of-not-checking-cargo/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [Everybody is a football senator for a while, but it is a much shorter season and there are not that many teams that are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/everybody-is-a-football-senator-for-a-while-but-it-is-a-much-shorter/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [Allowing the U.N. into Iraq will demonstrate to the Iraqis that the international community as a whole is committed to bringing stability and safety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/allowing-the-u-n-into-iraq-will-demonstrate-to-the-iraqis-that-the/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [What is private and what is discussed behind closed doors, you do not have to be instructed at the age of fifty or sixty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/what-is-private-and-what-is-discussed-behind-closed-doors-you-do-not/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [The president's economic plan doesn't do enough to create new jobs and that has to be a national priority. While there are some signs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/the-president-s-economic-plan-doesn-t-do-enough-to-create-new-jobs/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [We will push through health care reform regardless of the views of the American people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/we-will-push-through-health-care-reform-regardless-of-the-views-of/)

[Jay Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-rockefeller/)

> [It would be a big favor to political discourse; to our ability to do our work here in Congress; and to the American people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-rockefeller/it-would-be-a-big-favor-to-political-discourse-to-our-ability-to-do/)

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