John Hostettler Quotations

Maybe we are not seeing the full effects today (of SS), but if we look forward unto tomorrow, we can actually avert an economic catastrophe, ... If we delay, hoping the problem will go away, we are simply inviting disaster.

I added legislation to a bill that was implemented last year that took on many recommendations of the 9/11 Commission,

Within seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast, federal taxpayers will have spend 50 percent more than the combined annual budgets of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

Within seven weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, ... federal taxpayers will have spent 50 percent more than the combined annual budgets of the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

A one-sentence fax that came out across the wire - I don't think that's adequate. I think we need, and deserve, better representation and I'm a little bit disappointed.

There were 5,000 fewer native born American citizens employed in 2004 than were employed in 2000, ... In contrast there was an increase of 2.3 million foreign born holding jobs during the same time period. Putting it another way, there was a net increase of 1.7 million total number of adults working in the United States from 2000 to 2004. All of that increase went to foreign born workers.

They're not going to have New Orleans pumped-dry until the middle of October? What are we going to spend $52 billion on, between now and October, with a city flooded?

Even with a lower cap, we still hear stories of US workers being laid off and replaced by foreign workers - sometimes foreign workers on H-1B visas.

and lacks resources to carry out its mission.