If the board is uncomfortable with the financial situation, and if the board does not feel like these agreements will go forward, the board could vote to file Chapter 11 (Thursday). |
It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company. |
It's the Republicans who are leading us in that direction by dragging their feet on the budget this year, ... By dragging their feet and bringing up the appropriations bills so late, we may well have a government shutdown. It's not our doing. |
Later in the year, the Republicans will be back before this House seeking greater money for defense and broader tax cuts ... and when they do that, they will be seeking money from the Medicare and Social Security trust funds. |
Management conveyed that if they didn't have certainty that things are settled with the unions, they will be looking at bankruptcy, |
may well have blood on its hands... |
needs to do a prime time broadcast when people are watching. He does need to explain this to the American people. |
never laid out as a requirement for deals. |
Now is not the time to have this particular debate, ... inappropriate and ill-advised. ... It makes the House a laughing stock. |
The 14th District is our No. 1 challenge race in the state of Texas. |
The country Tuesday moved somewhat to the right, ... I believe our party must occupy the center if we are to be successful, if we're to come back in the majority, and not move farther to the left. |
The House continues to be up for grabs in the next two years. There are 25 Republicans who won with 50 percent or less, and there were 46 Republican members who won by less than 10 percent. We're going to recruit strong candidates, we're going to run a strong aggressive race in 1998 and we fully expect to take the House back in the next election. |
The level of discourse in this country is falling to a depth that cannot be sustained. |
They're passing bills they know the president's going to veto. They're interested in confrontation. They have no interest in trying to really solve the problems this country faces. This is a do-nothing Congress. |
was not something that was a prerequisite to moving forward. |