Carlos Gutierrez Quotations

We strongly urge the Senate to reject this unwise amendment,

Where there's a lot of technology, that's where we can compete.

We want to grow where consumers are going and we want to follow consumers, ... We know consumers are eating more snacks and more portable food. We want to capture that and what we have needed up to now was a powerful distribution system.

What we need now is encouragement, support, motivation, vision, foresight, and courage, ... We aren't spending a lot of time looking back. We are looking at what we can do for people today and tomorrow. That's our focus. We're just not going to spend time right now looking backwards.

We used to try to see what other work we could grab. Now our mission is to be seen as a high-technology plant.

The protection of intellectual property is vital to our economic growth and global competitiveness, and it has major consequences in our ongoing effort to promote security and stability around the world,

only then will the region be truly reborn.

Imagine going to the grocery store and watching 17 out of 20 customers shoplifting items from the shelves and walking out of the store without paying.

play a role in advancing the president's great and bold agenda for our country.

Our reliance on U.S. cereal has been perceived as a negative by the investment community, probably fairly so, ... Our lack of diversification has limited our investments.

Our relationship has matured beyond the stage when our focus should be measured by the sheer potential. Now, our trading relationship needs to be measured by results.

The American economy is fundamentally strong and has proven time and again to be remarkably resilient in the most challenging of times,

You'll just have to believe that we do all of this.

We continue to get the word out, to ensure that people have the facts, ... I'm very optimistic about the president's leadership and his ability to continue to lead in the direction of freedom, free enterprise, and free and fair trade.

We are doing everything possible to defend and protect what you create,

The reality of trade with China continues to fall short of the potential. If our economic relationship is to stay afloat, China needs to lighten the load by carrying out reforms and delivering results.

When China fails to act, it only strengthens those who want to build protectionist barriers around the U.S. market and that's the last thing we need.

Without the free-trade agreement, these results would not have been possible,

We have made progress. There is still work to do.

We saw quite a bit of interest and we had quite a few applications for this trip,

We are taking action now because of the significant economic effects of Hurricane Katrina on fishing communities in the Gulf of Mexico, ... Major commercial fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico include finfish, shrimp and oysters, with an estimated value of almost $700 million per year.

We did say that CAFTA is going to do all these things, so now let's go out and deliver, ... From the standpoint of executing CAFTA, we're really only 10% of the way there.

We went into this hurricane with a strong economy, with a resilient economy and we'll have a short-term impact but we will be right back to the growth that we saw before,

Continuing to reduce costs and increase efficiencies is an important part of our global strategy to return Kellogg company to strong, steady growth.

There's a great opportunity here, and we continue to work hard to convince others to pursue it,

There's no question that these are very difficult negotiations,

There's no question that construction is going to be a key need in New Orleans, ... There will be a significant construction boom. We just have to be sure that they have the supplies.

The United States is making the commitment to move earth observation to the next level to benefit this next generation,

The violation of intellectual property rights costs U.S. businesses $250 billion a year, and costs our economy about 750,000 jobs lost (to overseas competitors),

I've moved around so much in life. Baseball has always been there.

Our economy is growing, and the average take-home pay per American is increasing.

Despite the fourth-quarter sales and volume softness, 1999 was a year of significant progress for Kellogg Co., ... We met our goal of returning to both top-line and bottom-line growth.

Despite several unusual challenges in the third quarter, we were able to post our sixth consecutive quarterly earnings per share increase,

are eager to begin doing business in these markets.

This effort is expected to change many activities and eliminate others, ... As we move to 1999, our goal is to be a more tightly focused organization that is fully aligned with our strategy.

This administration is reaching out to companies of all sizes, especially minority-owned enterprises, to guarantee that those seeking to join the rebuilding efforts can navigate federal agencies and bid for contracts with ease,

This administration is fully committed to NAFTA and to coming to a lasting agreement with Canada to resolve this dispute,

They feel that they have been welcomed to such a degree that they would like to give it a shot

There was a time when the company contemplated moving everything to China.

There may be no better place in the country for people to invest and do business than in New Orleans,

This just goes to show that Canada will continue to funnel vast amounts of assistance to its industry. We will continue to insist that (the) subsidies be eliminated by all means at our disposal.

There is unparalleled prosperity in this country because the president's agenda has been working,

It was a story that was there, under the radar, but the best I could hope for was that people would see it and say 'Oh, we should pay attention.' I never imagined this coincidence.

I'm trying to figure out if I should throw a curve ball, or a slider.

Intellectual property rights violations are a crime and we don't believe we should be negotiating crimes with our trading partners.

I just look to go out there and do my best. And try to have the best outing I can.

I hope businesses will consider investing and locating enterprises in the rebuilding zone, ... There may be no better place in the country in which to invest and do business today than New Orleans. It may be the most attractive and high-potential investment opportunity anywhere.

The game teaches you how to control your finances.

Theft of intellectual property is not tolerated and will not be tolerated.

The first priority that we are all focused on is people, ... Over time we are going to have to rebuild the economy of the Gulf Coast. We have to get momentum into what was once a very vibrant economy. Ultimately, what we have, if we look long-term, is the highest opportunity economically in the country once we get through the phase of helping people of cleaning up the city. The more we can help entrepreneurs to reinvest in this area, the sooner we will get to the point, as President Bush said, of making this an even better place than it once was.