Melissa Bean Quotes

• Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important to our local and national economies, but their success is central to the well-being of their families.

  Melissa Bean

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  Tags in Couples, Responsibilities, Marriage, Married

• When I came to Congress, I came to bring what I thought was a real-world business perspective to government because, in the business world, I spent over 20 years in the high-tech industry, but it certainly was not unique.

  Melissa Bean

• We’re all proud of the communities that we’ve built and are a part of, but we shouldn’t accept lost time and unnecessary stress when traveling in them.

  Melissa Bean

• The IRS is currently considering a rule that would make it easier for tax preparers to disclose the private information contained in tax returns – including name, address, Social Security number, employer, income, and charitable donations.

  Melissa Bean

• The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out.

  Melissa Bean

• The American people expect more from Congress. They expect fiscal responsibility and common sense. They expect us to return to the pay-as-you-go budget rules that we had enacted in the past that helped us establish a surplus, however briefly.

  Melissa Bean

• Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren’t just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone’s life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

  Melissa Bean

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

  Melissa Bean

• Reports also suggest that Ernst and Young and other large tax preparation firms are sending tax returns overseas for processing. But the IRS has no control over tax information once it’s been sent to India or another country.

  Melissa Bean

• Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards.

  Melissa Bean

• My Eighth District, like others, counts on these family businesses and their teams working hard to support their families and aid their communities. As retailers, these teams often bring different or unique products to the marketplace.

  Melissa Bean

• Mr. Speaker, democracy works best when the American electorate is engaged and informed.

  Melissa Bean

• Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it.

  Melissa Bean

• Many of our constituents have one option for cable TV and one price. Our constituents desire choice.

  Melissa Bean

• In fact, 80 percent of our domestic job growth comes from the small- and medium-sized business community.

  Melissa Bean

• If we want to truly regain the public’s trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let’s start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.

  Melissa Bean

• Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the nation – especially in the suburbs.

  Melissa Bean

• I am the parent of teenagers, my daughters are 13 and 15, so the issue of Internet safety has been an important issue. I have been visiting middle schools to talk about some of the challenges that they face.

  Melissa Bean

• 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.

  Melissa Bean

• For the last 4 years, our Federal Government has produced the four biggest deficits in history, and the estimated 2006 deficit of $423 billion is projected to be the largest of all.

  Melissa Bean

Melissa Bean (29)

Birth:	22nd January, 1962
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Consultant, Politician

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