Always Quote by Douglas R. Oberhelman

Why is Caterpillar bad if we create a new job in India or China to receive U.S. exports? It makes no sense to me.…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

All of our competitors around the world, every country is investing more in infrastructure as a percentage of their GDP than we are. And…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

We spend a lot of time training and retraining. It's heartbreaking because our education system has failed all of us. And again you go…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because I'd love…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction equipment, so of course we want contractors to choose our equipment for projects. But our immediate…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

Caterpillar exported $20 billion of goods in 2011, all by American hands and American workers, to all over the world. In order to do…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

I, for one, struggle a little bit with a $250,000 education for a philosophy degree. They are a wonderful people, but we can't employ…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

I am a human being. I started out with virtually nothing. I worked my way up like so many businesspeople have and made ourselves…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment in infrastructure…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thought spending was going to be…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

Any politician that says no tax revenue or zero spending cuts does not deserve reelection. Our hole is so deep in this country with…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman