House Majority Leader Eric Cantor Talks Jobs Legislation on Fox News Sunday

Sunday, 16 October 2011 18:19

Written by Newsdesk

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) joined Fox News Sunday to discuss how Washington will move ahead on jobs legislation, after the Senate defeated the president’s bill this week.

Cantor said the president should “stop campaigning” and find elements in common between the House Republican plan and his own. When Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked what Cantor thinks is wrong with the president’s bill, he said he does not like the “all-or-nothing approach” and that he won’t support taxes on small businesses.

Cantor did agree that there is a need for infrastructure spending, but said that we need to cut through the bureaucracy so that jobs can be shovel ready.

To the question of whether to give money to states for teachers and first responders, Cantor replied, “We saw what happened with the stimulus money. Much of that went to the states. And you know what happened? It sustained some jobs for about a year and then the states were faced about with billions of dollars in debt once that year was over it.”

The message from Cantor is clear: “We believe in private enterprise. We believe in small business. Our job creators’ agenda is just that.”

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein also joined Chris Wallace to discuss the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S., foiled by federal authorities.

She said, “To cross to the other side of the world and try and attack in this country is an escalation, and that’s what concerns us.” She also does not believe the plot was an isolated incident, but rather an ongoing effort by the Quds force. The difference this time is that they attempted to carry out this mission on U.S. soil.

“Iran is increasingly hostile,” Feinstein reiterated. “My hope is that there can be some kind of discussion that can be convincing for the Iranians to change course. Absent that… we are on a collision course. If we want to avoid it, we have to take action to avoid it.”

Tune in to Fox News Sunday for the full interviews TONIGHT at 6p ET and 9p ET.

Courtesy Fox News Insider