Jose Andres Puerta Quotes

It's not government that creates jobs; it's small business. Our job is to make sure they have the access to capital, the access to contracting opportunities, and the help, advice and mentoring that they need to go out and be successful.

You're not going to build private-sector jobs if you don't like business people.

The government's Small Business Administration reports that small businesses represent 99% of all employers in the U.S. and are responsible for generating well over half of new jobs created.

I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.

Small business in America is booming. The job creator in America, small business, is absolutely moving ahead.

Small businesses are the number one job creators in America. Therefore, it is important that the federal government creates an environment that helps them succeed, not one that sets them up to fail.

I believe that Bill Clinton's second term will be good for business... my business!

Probably nobody in America has come close to setting up as many jobs for people with his business as Donald Trump has.

Entrepreneurship is baked into the DNA of the Kansas Third District, and I'm proud to work with my colleagues in both parties to make sure our local businesses have the tools they need to take care of their employees, grow their companies, and contribute to our economy.

Having individuals who are prepared to work is helping small business owners succeed and expand.

We want to see huge growth in this economy in small- and medium-sized businesses.

The American economy has always been driven by the entrepreneurial nature of its citizens, and blocking access to affordable health care will only suffocate growth within the small business sector of our economy.

Small business creates more jobs than large corporations.

It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand.

I believe we're the party of small business.

Small businesses create half of the jobs in the private sector.

In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.

Small businesses are really the engine in the economy.

The way to create jobs is to encourage private sector job creators.

I'm the guy who's started businesses, I've been a small business owner. I've employed hundreds of Pennsylvanians. I know how to get jobs moving in the private sector, rein in the excesses in Washington, and bring some balance to a town that's lost all balance.

Where are the jobs going to come from? Small business, manufacturing and clean energy. Where's the money to finance them? The banks and the corporations in America today have lots of money that they can invest right now.

America can no more survive and grow without big business than it can survive and grow without small business.

I've spent my whole life before coming to Congress as a Chamber of Commerce manager. What that means is you help start small businesses, help them grow in good times and bad.

We've got to start making people realise that it's a proud thing to run a business, to export your goods around the country.