Dennis Hastert Quotes
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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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We agreed that we're going to work on procedure... we're going to try to sit down and work out a framework, we'll meet tomorrow, ... We didn't want to get into the policy side before we had a procedure worked out.
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We know what the writing on the wall is, ... We need to make sure we continue to pay down the debt. That's been one of our objectives all the way along the line. So it's not a retreat at all.
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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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Provides for common sense tax relief in the future. We have the largest surplus in history, which means the taxpayers are being overcharged.
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We're there, ... We can debate the reasons why we're there. ... But we are there.
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Our problem was an embarrassment of riches. In many cases, we found three or four people qualified to play the role of chairman.
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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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Mike Oxley has provided steady, dedicated leadership to House Republicans, and I am grateful for his service.
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The American public, especially the people of the Gulf Coast region, deserve to know what happened in the early days of the storm. At every level of government - local, state and federal - the initial response was simply unacceptable, ... push for answers.
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Well, you know, even a freshman in college who is studying economics knows that if you cap the cost of being able to recoup your investment that people who want to invest aren't going to do it.
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I reiterated again that if there is a large dollar number, and an agreement, talk to us, because we have to appropriate that money.
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It's been a long and challenging road to get us to this point.
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What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.
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By keeping the Internet free of discriminatory taxes, we've encouraged companies and consumers to do their business in the electronic marketplace, ... Congress originally enacted the moratorium to prevent thousands of state and local taxing jurisdictions from using the Internet as a cash cow. Rather than slow down the Internet with a slew of new taxes, we ought to extend the moratorium to allow the Web to reach its full potential.
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The Pledge of Allegiance simply reinforces the beliefs that led to the birth of our great nation. It is an oath of our fidelity to our country, and I am disappointed that the court chose to rule against this American treasure.
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I think there are some areas we can work together on to try to find some compromises.
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I submit to you that even today, as tough as things seem, it is much better to be us than them, ... Why do I say this? First, they have no plan. Second, if they ever announce one it will be consistent with their philosophy of bigger and bigger government and higher and higher taxes.
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You start out with pick a few good simple things to get done, build trust, build that bipartisan feeling if you can.
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This involved some long, hard work, but we got a good bipartisan effort to make this bill work.
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Congress will not use Social Security as a pot of gold to fund foreign aid.
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Some have said that we should not have this debate. I disagree.
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It's just working people one by one, one at a time.