There may be disagreements on policy, but no one can disagree with the fact that we have extraordinarily brave, competent and dedicated individuals in the armed forces, serving in both Afghanistan and Iraq. |
They will have something to protect, |
This is going to provide a sense of hope to folks, |
This program is critical to the elderly, disabled and children of this state, |
those who are focused on security and those who are focused on hope and optimism. |
We have the Department of Corrections, the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Transportation, our emergency management division (and) our Iowa National Guard working with local folks to try to put hundreds of thousands of sandbags in appropriate locations to try to reduce the damage and the impact. ... It's just a race against time. |
We simply want fairness, |
We're a test case, |
We're going to do everything we possibly can to make their time here, their visit here, their home here, for as long as they want to be a part of our state, as pleasant and as good as it can be, |
When we find new markets for our harvest, we ensure the security of our state's economy, |
When you travel across the country twice in a week, it just kills you, |
With all due respect to my friends in my party, I think they're wrong. And I think I've got the facts to prove it, |
Your poll suggests to me . . . that we've lost a sense of community in this country, ... It is important that we have that common thread. |