This is the most anti-openness group in the House ... they even have a problem getting together with their own caucus, |
This is the most important intersection of his presidency, |
This is the people's house, and I deplore the actions of the person who brought violence within these sacred halls. |
This president would have us believe that with all of the resources, ingenuity, dedication and passion of the American people, we can't even get half way to victory in the war on drugs until the year 2007 -- nine full years from now, ... That is not success; that is the definition of failure. ... We cannot accept this administration's proposed timetable for defeat. |
This was such a stunning collapse of modern government that people understand that it's really not about personality, |
This will be the first time in 70 years that Republicans kept control of the House for a third term, ... We will gain seats this evening as the evening goes on. |
To David Sarnoff, the creator of NBC, the word 'visionary' meant a capacity to see into tomorrow and make it work. |
Today and tomorrow we are at a historic moment, |
Today I have reached a difficult personal decision. I will not be a candidate for Speaker of the 106th Congress, |
Tonight we have a simple choice, ... We can pass one of these substitutes and this agreement will have been crippled. And it will not pass the Senate and it will not be signed by the president. |
Traditional politics is dominated by and defended by a collection of elites who are deeply opposed to the solutions America needs to renew its civilization and ensure its economic and national security interests. These elites want a dramatically different world from the values and aspirations of most Americans. |
undermining the core values of civility -- and it's time they were stopped by a society that values free speech enough to protect it. |
Unequivocally, the House Republicans need to select a new majority leader in late January or early February. |
Unless the commission has a dramatically different agenda and a dramatically different approach than the same tired, old, big-government liberalism, it'll be like the commissions we've had for 30 years. |
We are committed to setting aside the 700 billion dollars in surplus for tax cuts, ... Having taken care of Social Security, we believe the extra money should go to tax cuts. Period. |