“ It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him. ”
- Joseph Joubert- Copy
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“ The reason the legislation was passed (creating the stockpile and the price trigger) is to have the president have the ability at times like this to pull heating oil from that reserve. ”
- Harry Reid- Copy
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“ The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ It could have that effect. Our (legislation) would provide an incentive for people to come back. ”
- David Vitter- Copy
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“ Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. ”
- James Fenimore Cooper- Copy
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“ I am troubled by the assumption in the legislation that abortion services, as a matter of linguistics and a matter of law, cannot include discussing with a woman why she shouldn't have an abortion. ”
- Wendy Kaminer- Copy
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“ We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate. ”
- Russ Feingold- Copy
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“ You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered. ”
- Lyndon Johnson- Copy
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“ Even in November 1938, after five years of anti-Semitic legislation and persecution, they still owned, according to the Times correspondent in Berlin, something like a third of the real property in the Reich. ”
- Arthur Bryant- Copy
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“ Our current state senator is not viewed as an energetic leader in state government. Our current state senator is not viewed as a legislator with the vision or the vitality to formulate or lead significant legislation through the General Assembly Maryland's District 19 needs a strong and energetic senator who is connected to the district's current residents and their concerns. ”
- John Mahoney- Copy
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“ Passing this legislation today is an important step in making sure that these families, who have been through so much, receive the financial relief that they need. ”
- Hillary Clinton- Copy
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“ We must do everything we can to support our armed forces,... This legislation guarantees that our military personnel will have the equipment and resources they need to get the job done. ”
- Bill Frist- Copy
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“ We don't want crimes committed in New Mexico falling through the cracks. This legislation ensures that there is no area of our state where crimes can be committed without consequence. ”
- Pete Domenici- Copy
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“ I'm in favor of legislation that would require a uniform that everyone would abide by. I don't think you can ask one firm to do what no other firm is doing. ”
- Ralph Reed- Copy
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“ I will continue to work to address concerns with this legislation. ”
- Susan Collins- Copy
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“ By introducing this legislation today, we ensure that the commendable and I might say remarkable work of the 9/11 commission has a real opportunity to be debated and enacted. ”
- John McCain- Copy
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“ He took almost everything we recommended, and left out just a couple of pieces. This gives (the legislation) tremendous momentum. ”
- Pete Domenici- Copy
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“ We have to realize that, when it comes to legislation or congressional imposition of mandates or regulation and the imposition of fines, that we do not constitutionally have the power to do that. ”
- Fred Thompson- Copy
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“ This new finding means an extra $49 billion in profits for drug companies, but the legislation still does nothing to reduce the exorbitant prices that drug companies charge. ”
- Edward Kennedy- Copy
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“ This legislation brings to bear instruments of leverage sufficient to the task, the most important being tying the U.S. financial contribution to a series of readily understandable benchmarks. ”
- Henry Hyde- Copy
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“ It's in many respects the centerpiece of this legislation,... We ought not to be doing the bill without that key element. ”
- Jon Kyl- Copy
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“ The last thing members of the committee want to do is pass legislation. ”
- John McCain- Copy
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“ It's not unusual to find Thai regulators with an allergy to responsibility, and the prospect of new legislation relating to alcohol is an available excuse to delay. ”
- Matthew- Copy
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“ Those who seek to criticize this legislation under the guise of environmental concerns have it backwards as the use of the authority is specifically to protect public health. ”
- James Inhofe- Copy
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“ We suffered from the hurricanes last year, and I will howl if their legislation gets some special consideration over Florida's. ”
- Mark Foley- Copy
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“ We will be present in the next legislature and all legislatures after that fighting for more funding for UK. ”
- Charles Wells- Copy
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“ I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous. ”
- Susan Collins- Copy
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“ It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care. ”
- Sam Brownback- Copy
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“ This is the way legislation used to be done when I first came here. There were many good things in this conference report, but not enough. Now we have six months to get it right. ”
- Patrick Leahy- Copy
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