Elaine Chao Quotes

A focus on regulatory overreach, things that the benefit doesn't outweigh the cost, is probably the single greatest opportunity we have for having a positive impact on job creation.

It's time for Washington to get out of the way and quit killing American jobs.

Federal regulations should promote safety without unnecessarily burdening small firms and costing much-needed jobs.

I think we need to significantly reduce the regulatory burden on the private sector. The Obama administration is doing the opposite. They're loading on more and more regulation on the private respect to how the economy functions.

Somebody has to tell the E.P.A. that we don't need you monkeying around and fiddling around and getting in our business with every kind of regulation you can dream up. You're doing nothing more than killing jobs. It's a cemetery for jobs at the E.P.A.

Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.

Since President Bush took office, we have lost 3 million more good jobs.

Never trust an economist with your job. Learn about economics yourself. And make up your own mind about what might protect your job-and what might destroy it.

By raising the minimum wage in California, 700,000 people are going to lose their jobs. There are a lot of opportunities for companies to prosper in Florida and compete here, and that's what I'm going after.

Washington policymakers have to understand the adverse implications of their actions on job creation, and they must reorder some of their priorities.

As the son of a small business owner, I know how regulatory overreach can stifle our economy and cost Americans jobs.

Job displacement is so huge, I'm tempted to not talk about anything other than that.

Policy makers should be compelled to take action given the serious costs of long-term unemployment when overall unemployment is already high. A week of unemployment is worse when it is experienced as part of a longer spell.

Federal rules and regulations too often become seemingly insurmountable obstacles to simple changes that can have a positive impact.

I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.

The EPA is now the Employment Prevention Agency.

When American workers are losing their jobs to people in other countries, Washington cannot afford to ignore this disturbing trend any longer. While Democratic presidential candidates want to just blame U.S. corporations, the reality is that their strategy won't help protect American workers or save their jobs.

The unemployment rate went down as I was governor of Massachusetts. We were losing jobs every month when I came into the state.

The factories that moved overseas used to provide not just high-paying jobs but also a sense of purpose and community.

Even when America's economy has been by all measures healthy and the unemployment rate low, some businesses suffer or fail and lay off workers. But nearly always, a simultaneous and even greater burst of new jobs has been created to offset the jobs lost - millions of new jobs every year.

If you get the government off our back, there's no economy in the world that can create more jobs in the long-term for everybody.

We must also recognize that the American Dream includes being able to provide and care for your family without fear of losing your job in the process.

Time and time again, small businesses testify before the Committee on Small Business that they simply want the government to 'get out of the way.'

We know the job market is changing by the minute.

President Trump cut regulations, allowing businesses large and small to expand and hire. The Democrats created those regulations.