Dennis Hastert Quotes
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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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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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It could have been done better and quicker.
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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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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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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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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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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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We're very, very happy with the decisions we've made.
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We believe we need to stimulate this economy.
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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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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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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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The two priorities have to find a commonality. That's what this negotiation is about.
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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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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.
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If the Senate passes it, we'll pass it.
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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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The wrong way to step forward in this campaign.
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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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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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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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Working people are bearing the brunt of the EPA's inaction.