Dennis Hastert Quotes
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It is nonsense for the Attorney General to say she had no more options.
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There are some people who would have it politically convenient to have a recession because that means they would have a political advantage. We are not going to let that happen, ... By moving that tax cut early and having it in time to kick this economy up and get it going, we are not going to let that happen.
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When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half of a senior's health care spending was on doctors and the other half on hospitals.
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He has expressed his disappointment with the initial response. We, in the Congress, echo that sentiment. However, in the days following the storm, this country has demonstrated the true spirit of what makes America great, neighbors coming together and helping one another.
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Tomorrow we will pass a pharmaceutical plan that takes care of the neediest in our society, ... Older Americans deserve financial security and health security.
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Jack Ryan made the right decision, ... I know it must have been a difficult one.
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Our hearts and prayers go out to him.
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A partisan legislative package that ignores our key concerns on school construction, health care, and pensions policy.
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We can't afford to ignore this issue, this year, ... We, on both sides of the aisle, have held out a promise to America's seniors that we will give them the opportunity to have a prescription drug benefit and a new modern Medicare.
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This tree will stand and grow and prosper, I hope, as a symbol of how this nation will stand and grow and prosper.
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Given the abysmal failure of state and local officials in Louisiana to plan adequately for or respond to the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans, and given the long history of public corruption in Louisiana, ... I am not confident that Louisiana officials can be trusted to administer federal relief aid.
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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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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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It's a good blueprint for America's future, ... We're also pleased this Congress can get its work done.
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This is one of the toughest, most complex pieces of legislation that we've tried to put together in our lifetime.
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Oil and gas companies are enjoying record profits. That is fine. This is America.
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I think it is probably not the best time in the world.
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It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.
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Well, there's a lot of types of tax cuts in the menu ... Some people are talking about an across-the-board tax cut, there's marriage penalty, there's reduction for earnings test and seniors and Social Security. There's a lot of things that we're looking at and I think whatever we do will be part of a mix.
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Ralph is a man of courage and a man of great conviction. For more than 23 years he has acted in the best interest of his constituents back home and has always put country before politics.
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It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it.
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What we try to do is to try to put patients first.
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He will come up to the Capitol, as far as we know right now, by a procession probably Wednesday morning and lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday and Thursday, and, we think, a funeral at the National Cathedral on Friday.
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Our brothers, cousins, uncles, husbands, neighbors were in the war, ... Not everyone's cousin or uncle is in this war.