[Declaring that government's] highest responsibility is to keep people safe, ... I don't want another 9/11. I don't want weapons of mass destruction used in this society. |
[Gingrich characterized the bipartisan discussion as] extraordinarily good, ... we have gone over a lot of questions. We have not resolved those questions. |
a greater emphasis on political positioning than serious policy solutions. |
A lot of the economy is psychological perception, ... And we have created the perception this bill was going to happen. If we now withdraw it because we can't get a huge tax break for corporate America in it, we're going to really cause problems in this economy. |
A lot of this is uncertain. A lot has not been pinned down, ... This thing is moving faster than it should. |
A lot of what our firm does is unrelated to direct lobbying of members. When you are solving tough problems for your client, you realize that affecting something through the political process may be only one little part of the solution. |
a partisan vote that was a disgrace to our country and our Constitution. |
Al Gore and Joe Lieberman enjoy strong support with our caucus for what they are doing to try to get every vote counted in Florida, |
All that President Bush has to offer those workers and other Americans struggling in this bad economy is more unaffordable, unsustainable and patently unfair tax cuts, |
Any delay would have given Saddam Hussein time to reconstitute his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and undermine international support for our efforts. It also would have been contrary to the president's commitment in November to respond militarily to future Iraqi provocations. |
are things that I've found when I met with the president. |
As I've said many times, this is the worst Congress that's ever been in the building. They have not done their work and now they want to get everything done in one bill in the last five minutes and it's not a reasonable way to act; they've been very inept in the way they've run this Congress, |
Bush refuses to fund important country-of-origin labeling provisions for meat and has ignored the need for resources at the FDA and USDA to inspect the agricultural products coming across our borders. |
Clearly, the election is going to be won in the Midwest and the Rust Belt, places where President Bush has been campaigning -- Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio -- places very similar to Iowa. |
Frankly, in my view, they have been captivated by their special interests. |