Dennis Hastert Quotes
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If you want to be effective in this town, you need to get over it to get things done.
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Noble mission to free the Iraqi people from an evil tyrant.
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It's the narrowest of margins over there. It's difficult to get things out of the Senate. It would be very unfortunate if that happens, but I'm going to wait and see.
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What information could be so embarrassing that a man with decades of experience in handling classified documents would risk being caught pilfering our nation's most sensitive secrets? Did these documents detail simple negligence, or did they contain something more sinister?
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The emergency funding measure cannot be short-sighted -- it cannot simply replace bullets for bullets and bombs for bombs spent in Kosovo.
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As we agreed, the Congress will include this funding in the upcoming emergency appropriations bill to fund the recovery and rebuilding efforts for hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The bill we send to the president for signature will include the $125 million.
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Our long national nightmare might not be over, but who knows -- maybe it's the beginning of the end of it.
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It is nonsense for the Attorney General to say she had no more options.
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We're cautiously optimistic, ... We're doing as well as we can expect, it's going to be a long night and we have to see what happens in California.
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In the long run, we must focus on what is the better good for mankind.
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Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.
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I've never run a plantation before. I'm not even sure what kind of association she's trying to make. If she's trying to be racist, I think that's unfortunate.
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When it comes to a question of the safety of our troops, I don't think we should have any question at all. For our members to move a piece of legislation, they have to have confidence that we do no harm, that we actually make sure that our troops are safe.
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Too many employers have said that they are unable to find skilled workers.
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We have momentum on our side ... I think we'll have a good result.
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Taxpayers need relief, ... Consumer confidence is down, energy prices are up, and economic growth is stagnant. The economy needs a boost, and this tax relief will provide that boost.
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Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong.
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Our brothers, cousins, uncles, husbands, neighbors were in the war, ... Not everyone's cousin or uncle is in this war.
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May not undermine the president as he leads us into war, and they may not give comfort to our adversaries, but they come mighty close.
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We're starting to work to put together ideas, that's the first step. We need to put the ideas so we can frame the debate, so we can move forward for what the agenda is for the American people.
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I have a hard time seeing the balance in the Senate bill because it unilaterally disarms one side. And I think there are some inherent flaws, some constitutional flaws in the Senate bill.
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The American people have pulled together in an amazing show of unity to help the Gulf Coast region, and I am proud of our citizens, ... Now, it is time for the U.S. House of Representatives to do the same.
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We're always making progress, every day, ... Sometimes it's inches. Sometimes it's feet. Sometimes it's backward.
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Our hearts and prayers go out to him.