Dennis Hastert Quotes
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It's just working people one by one, one at a time.
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It could have been done better and quicker.
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It's a tough time my friends. We need to make sacrifices to ensure our troops have the tools they need in order to get the job done. This budget will help us win the War on Terror.
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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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We've got a solid balanced approach, ... No one has any idea what the cost implication would be if you went too far.
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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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The two priorities have to find a commonality. That's what this negotiation is about.
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...have been here 20, 25 years, are integrated into the system, have children who are American citizens and, quite frankly, don't have a home to go back to in another country.
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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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We believe we need to stimulate this economy.
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This is the key that opens us up to negotiate.
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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're very, very happy with the decisions we've made.
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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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Working people are bearing the brunt of the EPA's inaction.
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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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If the Senate passes it, we'll pass it.
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We have some work that we have to finish up. We had a meeting with the White House last night to try to start to lay out those parameters of getting done.
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The United States has a rich immigrant background and continues to benefit from the arrival of law-abiding citizens of other cultures and nationalities. But in this age of terrorism we cannot be lax when it comes to controlling our borders.
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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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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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We need to clarify it. We need to work on it. We will continue to do that.
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The President has the responsibility to tell us his thoughts on how to confront these growing problems.
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We need to let our people speak. We need to debate those issues and then we let the best ideas win, ... Right now, we believe the American people stand behind us. They want to see us preserve Social Security, they want us to keep the budget balanced and we're going to do our level best to do it.