Corrine Brown Quotes

The casinos brought lots of revenue and jobs to our community. We've seen lots of benefits from those tax dollars.

The tax incentives in place for 'House of Cards' in Maryland have resulted in hundreds and hundreds of jobs and not just for actors, but for carpenters and waitresses and hotel workers. The amount of hotel nights and meals that the production of a television series brings to a state is staggering.

The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.

The government should spend more time on promoting tourism in Sydney.

The economic importance of small businesses in Mississippi has always been significant, and it's well positioned to increase.

DMOs help our economy thrive in South Jersey.

It's interesting: the letters I get from mayors that want Wal-Mart to look and invest in their community.

Gaming is the backbone of Nevada's economy.

Every bit of money that we can bring from our federal transportation budget in Washington back here to Stewart Airport will benefit our local economy and our local residents.

The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Florida, California, New York and Nevada, to name a few.

I'd love to have our trains, our subway cars and our taxis built right here in New York City. You can create 40,000 living wage jobs... the city's contracting power is huge.

Small businesses are the economic drivers of our country, providing the stimulus our communities need.

Your Mayor must seek new ways to bring jobs and industry to our community.

What Apple did for technology is brilliant, but they didn't do nothin' for our economy.

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 whose work helps drive the economy and fuel job growth.

I definitely want to keep working in Ireland, and without being too worthy about it, if it's possible to bring work into the country, that's no harm.

I'm fighting for small businesses. I'm not fighting for big oil. Don't be confused. And there are thousands of businesses in this state that are at great risk. Meanwhile, the country keeps guzzling the oil, but we're out of work down here. We need to get back to work to build this region, and we intend to do so.

Politicians like to talk about incentives - for businesses to relocate, for example, or to get folks to buy local.

Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.

Enterprise Washington is economic development in areas of high unemployment around the state of Washington.

Nationally, more than one million Asian American entrepreneurs create jobs in their communities, helping fuel local commerce. In New York, we have seen firsthand how this community has helped drive our economy forward through hard work and ingenuity.

New Orleans is a city whose basic industry is the service industry. That's why it makes its money. That's - it brings people to the city. People come to the city and experience the wonders of this extraordinary city and everything else. The question is that, how do we create jobs which are the jobs that have pay, that - living wages?

We will revive the emergency employment program established by former President Corazon Aquino. This will provide jobs for local communities and will help in the development of their and our economy.

I don't look down on tourism. I live in Hawaii where we have 7 million visitors a year. If they weren't there, there would be no economy. So I understand why a tourist economy is necessary.

Small business – the very fiber of our community life.