Dennis Hastert Quotes
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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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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're very, very happy with the decisions we've made.
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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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I think there are some areas we can work together on to try to find some compromises.
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What makes America great is that we can come together during times of national tragedy.
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This is the key that opens us up to negotiate.
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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 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 president and I agree that we need to bring closure to the remaining differences between the House and Senate.
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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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There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps.
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The president exhibited mature and responsible leadership throughout this tense situation.
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America's economy is resilient, and I am confident that Republican pro-growth policies will continue to keep our economy growing - just as it has since after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.
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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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Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.
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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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This is just a great day for the American people. This is a great win for the American people.
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When you really look in depth, the reason we're losing people offshore is the inequity of our tax code as compared to our competitors overseas.
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It's just working people one by one, one at a time.
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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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We need to clarify it. We need to work on it. We will continue to do that.
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Unfortunately, opponents of online speech have decided to punish our changing technological world.