Dave Heineman Quotes

Learning from the American experience, governments around the world have developed national innovation policies and programs to accelerate their economic prosperity and to help their citizens and companies compete globally.

The U.K. has to keep investing in new technology, skills, and infrastructure to keep pace with international competition.

We are the number one economy in the world, and we ought to continue to pursue those kinds of policies that ensure that we maintain that position, like innovation and like technology and like education and like just research and development and discovery.

But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care.

This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.

We should be growing and make ourselves, as a state and a nation, more competitive. India, China and these other countries are not waiting for us.

Australia's economic future depends upon getting smarter. This means investing in the skills and knowledge of our workforce.

More and more people realize the importance of economic growth, near-term and long-term in the U.S., and the competitiveness with other countries around the world.

The issue for me is American competitiveness, and how do we best create a climate here that allows international capital to come to these shores to create jobs.

The U.S. and China need to take steps - mostly individually, sometimes together - that will have the mutually beneficial effect of supporting and sustaining economic growth.

To ensure continuing prosperity in the global economy, nothing is more important than the development and application of knowledge and skills.

We see entrepreneurship and small businesses and supply chains as a critical part of the economic growth and competitiveness agenda.

Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research universities coupled with the Desert Research Institute.

Over the long term, the only way we're going to raise wages, grow the economy, and improve American competitiveness is by investing in our people - especially their educations.

We've outpaced Japan and Europe in creating new jobs, but there's major competition from India and China. It's not enough to make income tax cuts permanent.

The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care.

Ever since the Industrial Revolution, investments in science and technology have proved to be reliable engines of economic growth. If homegrown interest in those fields is not regenerated soon, the comfortable lifestyle to which Americans have become accustomed will draw to a rapid close.

Britain is one of the world's most open economies. More dependent on trade than any other major country. Our success depends on our competitiveness and our competitiveness depends on raising our productivity, as our competitors are raising theirs.

In today’s world, a government that controls a vast tract of territory may be less relevant than one that supports education and embraces a regulatory framework promoting innovation and investment.

A nation’s success in the global economy is not determined by the quantity of its natural resources, but by the quality of its human resources.

It’s the private sector that produces the jobs, but the private sector needs roads and an educated workforce.

Governor Romney, how many fewer college degrees would it take to make America more competitive?

What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state.

In pursuing economic growth, India and the United States share similar values and similar challenges. We understand that the global economy is here to stay. To keep growing and leading the world in innovation and opportunity, the United States and India must trade freely, openly, and according to the principles of the global marketplace.

Infrastructure investments lead to jobs. And quality of life starts with a good job.