Dennis Hastert Quotes
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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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She has all the qualities of leadership, except followers.
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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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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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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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Our economy is creating jobs and giving businesses the conditions they need to invest and succeed.
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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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By restraining spending and by cutting the deficit, Republican policies are helping to keep our economy strong.
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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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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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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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We're there, ... We can debate the reasons why we're there. ... But we are there.
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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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I pledge to work with those Democrats who want to work with me.
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As a fiscal conservative, I cannot support a base closing that does not provide taxpayer savings.
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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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We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and there's something in the future for our younger workers. And we're not about to do a welfare program.
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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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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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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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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 at a deadlock with a couple of people in the Senate who know everything, ... So we have to do what we have to do to make this work and kick the can down the road for another fight.
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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.