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It is absolutely clear that government plays a key role, as a catalyst, in promoting long-run growth.

You can expect to find these four priorities - education, economic vitality, efficiency in government and the protection of families - woven into my decisions as Governor. They will serve as my compass as I work with you to chart a future course for our state.

It's important for whoever is governor to be somebody with a breadth of experience in life, in business, and in service.

Oil is a very important component of economic growth.

The best governor in the world is the person who never really planned to be governor.

As state leaders, I think its important for us to provide our perspectives on issues we face every day - like access to school spending, access to health care and governing in a global economy.

Economic growth is necessary to keep the promise - enormously important to individual Americans - that each generation will have the opportunity to become more prosperous than the preceding one, the popular term for which is 'the American dream.'

I really think that elected officials should be focused on how you create sustained economic growth, how do you create jobs and all of these issues that made people - segments of our society believe are really important are diversions politically.

Promoting job creation and economic growth in the Hudson Valley is one of my top priorities in Congress.