George LeMieux (R-FL), the Charlie Crist-appointed Senator from Florida who’s holding a place for either Crist or Marco Rubio, isn’t a particularly big name on Capitol Hill. But that doesn’t mean he can’t give a compelling speech.
This one was pretty good.
This post was written by MacAoidh on Thursday, July 1, 2010, 10:09. MacAoidh has written 7978 posts on this blog.
“I have to just say, from a very personal level, I’m not about to sit here and indict private equity. To me, it’s just we’re getting to a ridiculous point in America, especially that I know I live in a state where pension funds, unions and other people are investing in companies like Bain Capital. If you look at the totality of Bain Capital’s record, they’ve done a lot to support businesses, to grow businesses. And this to me, I’m very uncomfortable with.”
- Newark mayor Corey Booker, a Democrat, on Meet The Press Sunday