Dennis Hastert Quotes
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When the electricity goes out and everything else goes out -- you don't have the pumps to pump it out either. Because it doesn't work either.
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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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As a fiscal conservative, I cannot support a base closing that does not provide taxpayer savings.
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Number one, you have to clean up and neutralize the situation in New Orleans so that they can get in and do the work there. And of course also in Alabama and Mississippi.
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She has all the qualities of leadership, except followers.
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Today, America mourns the loss of a woman who changed our nation.
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I agree with you that should work together in a bipartisan fashion, and I believe this work product is a result of a hard-fought compromise.
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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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This Congress is serious about doing everything we can to help local, state and federal officials respond to this crisis.
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One way we gave small businesses more money to invest was by extending tax provisions on expensing. This allows businesses to immediately write off things like equipment, without being burdened by depreciation requirements.
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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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I would again urge Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi to join in this effort and not to boycott this Select Bipartisan Committee.
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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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By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
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We now have the largest surplus in history, ... As we commit ourselves to finding ways to secure our retirement programs, we also commit ourselves to bringing fairness to the tax code.
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Out of respect for the office of the presidency and for a desire to hear about the state of our nation.
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Ronald Reagan's long journey has finally drawn to a close, ... optimism and ... Western can-do spirit.
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It's the job of Congress to do it and we need to be a partner in this operation.
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We need to make sure everything was above-board, ... It's an important business, an important sector of our economy and we can't function without that. We need to make sure other types of companies aren't facing that same type of problem.
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I am proud of our president, our troops, and our allies, ... Yes, we are fighting to preserve our national security. But we are also fighting to preserve the universal ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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Mr. Tenet had a monumental task to rebuild human intelligence-gathering capabilities devastated by eight years of liberal Clinton administration policies.
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I pledge to work with those Democrats who want to work with me.
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Always did his best to defend this nation against terrorists and those states that support them.
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It's going to be an election year, ... That means, sometimes, that this business gets right contentious and we have committed ourselves to try to meet as often as possible to try to work out whatever difficulties that we can.