All Melissa Bean Quotes
- Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national… Assume
- If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to… Accountability
- During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action… Action
- I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have… Been
- My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers,… Aid
- Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses. Agency
- As part of my efforts to fight identity theft, I worked with my colleagues on the Financial Services Committee to strengthen consumer protection with a… Colleagues
- By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper… Bills
- Even the best data security systems can't protect private taxpayer information from entrepreneurial foreign businesses than can make huge profits selling U.S. taxpayer information. Best
- Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation - especially in the suburbs. Crime
- Taxpayers should not be coerced into giving up their privacy rights just to file their taxes. Coerced
- As a member of the House Committee on Small Business and because of my own experience as a small business owner, I am appreciative of… Appreciative
- We're all proud of the communities that we've built and are a part of, but we shouldn't accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling… Accept
- But in Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or… Abound
- Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards. Business
- When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I… Bring
- I am excited to rise today to support National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day. This celebration honors the husband and wife business owner teams… Business
- Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed. American
- The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis.… Balance
- Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit… Account
- Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of… Ask
- In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community. Business
- Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice. Cable
- Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no… Another Country
- Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need. Businesses