34 ordspråk av John Ensign
John Ensign
The act of voting by ordinary Iraqis in the face of extreme danger confirms President Bush's belief that people around the globe, when given a chance, will choose liberty and democracy over enslavement and tyranny.
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The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending.
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The election in Iraq clearly demonstrates that Iraqi people are like people everywhere. They desire to create a future in an environment that is safe and allows them to reach their full potential as human beings, whatever that potential may be.
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The people of Iraq realize that a stable, successful, democratic Iraq can only come about if average Iraqis are willing to sacrifice to build it.
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The possibility of endangering Nevadans will never happen under my watch. I will do everything I can to protect the safety and welfare of our citizens.
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The time has come to put an end to the practice of slaughtering horses in America,
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There are times, I think, in political life that you have opportunities to do things, and I think that we are at such a time right now.
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There were many proposals that violated environmental laws. Things the president was trying to do to speed up the process. Yucca Mountain is in trouble by itself. The good thing about this legislation is that they don't have any fast track authority to move it through the congress.
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Too many members of Congress are too involved in grabbing what they can for their states or districts without enough emphasis on overall fiscal restraint for the sake of the nation as a whole. We need a new era of fiscal sanity. I am not willing to subject my children and grandchildren to the level of debt that Congress has created.
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Until we can fully grasp the extent of corruption and fraud involved in the administration of the Oil-for-Food program, and until the United Nations decides to cooperate in the investigation, no American taxpayer dollars should go to the United Nations.
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We all have a commitment to this and we need to keep our eye on the ball,
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We as a Congress, need to get a better handle on the money being spent,
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We as a Congress, need to get a better handle on the money being spent. We have an obligation to those affected by the hurricane as well as to those Americans we are asking to help pay the costs of relief.
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We know what we did was right and fine and within ethics rules, and we wanted a stamp of approval from the Ethics Committee.
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We want to make sure those people who were affected by these catastrophic storms get the aid they need, ... but that we make some sacrifices elsewhere so we don't pass this enormous bill on to our children.
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