[Hurricane Katrina may be a defining moment, other speakers said, and not necessarily a positive one for the Republicans.] The controlling philosophy in Washington now is to dismiss community and place all the responsibility on the individual, ... It’s better if we have both. |
[QUOTE:] I certainly understand the steps being taken by communities, ... What you are seeing is a reaction, a justifiable reaction, on the part of Iowans to protect their children. |
[The shareholders will profit from Whirlpool's purchase, but] the people who built this company ... don't get anything out of this, ... That's not right. |
[Vilsack says FEMA has asked Iowa for a list of the kind of permanent and temporary housing that's available for hurricane victims.] Nobody wants to sleep on a cot for six months. Nobody wants to sleep in a place where there are 15,000 other people, ... To the extent that states can provide better detailed information about the housing opportunities, that may be persuasive to a lot of families. |
As we move into a freer marketplace, it's incumbent upon us to show how crops can be used in a wider way, |
During a national crisis, we as a nation become a single community and no one should take advantage of a crisis, |
Essentially, what happened was a count was not made in the prison industries section of the prison that would have identified immediately that individuals were missing, |
He steals second, and I hereby restore his voting rights. |
I think early in the process it might have had a hard time meeting our eligibility standards for high school athletics, |
I think the football coaches for Iowa and Iowa State would tell you they are some of the luckiest people in the world to have the job they have, ... Win, lose or draw, I'm sure they believe it's a great life. And that's how I feel about my job. |
I was very concerned about what I believed and what a lot of my citizens believed were unfair prices at the pump, |
I wasn't in the White House, so I can't answer that question. |
I'm concerned about the anxiety and stress of the families here in Newton and in the Amana area, |
I'm excited about this team. I really am. I mean, these guys are great guys, ... They are going to be passionate. They are going to bring this message of hope and opportunity, a stronger America -- a better and more respected America -- to the rest of this country. They're going to make us feel proud. |
If we used that fortress mentality and created a sense of security and security zones, and wait for the insurgents to come to us and don't go after them . . . and protect the people inside that zone, allow them to feel more comfortable and more confident and allow them to get an economy going . . . then at that point Iraqis are going to be more willing to assume the front lines of that fortress. |