Dennis Hastert Quotes
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We have an agenda that we want to move through.
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It could have been done better and quicker.
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On this historic day, it is a high honor and rather humbling that a great number of my colleagues have come to me and urged me to lead the House into the 21st century, ... It is a calling that I have not sought. However, it is a duty that I cannot ignore.
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I would hope that the president would come forward on a timely basis and do two things: Lay this out to the Congress and the American people, and also come forward with a plan for how we're going to pay for it.
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For sharing your husband with us, for your steadfast love and for your great faith.
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John McCain ought to visit our young men and women at Walter Reed and Bethesda. There is sacrifice in this country.
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These companies need to invest in America's energy infrastructure and resources. ... The oil companies need to do their part.
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The Clinton Administration has been downsizing the military for the last seven years, and the Kosovo crisis has exposed how our national security is now in real danger.
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We stand firmly behind Tom DeLay and ask that he be afforded the same rights as every other American -- that is innocent until proven otherwise.
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We believe we need to stimulate this economy.
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We're very, very happy with the decisions we've made.
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Getting our affected Gulf Coast states the aid they need to help victims and rebuild communities continues to be our highest priority. Today's passage is the second aid package in recent days, and it illustrates one thing: this Congress is serious about doing everything we can to help local, state and federal officials respond to this crisis.
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Congress has always been for the people and by the people. And in keeping with the great traditions of our country, we need to keep it that way.
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I'm not real happy that we are here this late in the session, ... But we are not going to be pushed out of town with a bad deal.
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We still have much work to do. The American people care little about procedure, but they care a lot about final results.
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It looks like a lot of that place could be bulldozed.
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The American people want us to go to work. They want us to produce good policy, ... The ability for us to save Social Security and Medicare in the future, the ability to give American workers and working families more of their money so that they can keep it in their pocket instead of giving it to the tax collectors.
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We need to clarify it. We need to work on it. We will continue to do that.
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If I were the president, I'd call the Congress back on the second of January to finish the work, ... I plan to have a talk with the president today.
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To have good energy policy we have to have good investments.
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System Of A Down/ Mars Volta Tour Dates Announced.
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The two priorities have to find a commonality. That's what this negotiation is about.
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We need a tax code that recognizes that working families need help, ... They don't need the federal government picking their pocket and taking money out of their account just because they're married.
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If the Senate passes it, we'll pass it.