[A White House spokesman, Trent Duffy, took issue with the suggestion that the administration had been slow to respond to the committee's request.] It's a lot of information, ... White House staff were instructed to collect information, and the White House counsel's office is working with Davis's committee to provide them with the appropriate information. |
[In addition, administration officials said, the White House is focused on the Oct. 15 election in Iraq, and will push forward in Congress on an immigration bill, regardless of who is the majority leader.] We're not going to be bogged down, ... The schedule is too full for that to happen. |
America has this tough-it-out strategy when you get sick. You aren't helping yourself or the country going to work when you get ill. You are potentially threatening a greater health issue if you send children to school when they are sick. |
Any president can talk and talk and talk, but if the proof isn't there to back up the claims, they ring hollow. |
As a huge college football fan, the president is looking forward to the Rose Bowl and pulling hard for the Texas Longhorns. |
At this point, I do not think most are suggesting that there needs to be a re-run because it is the belief that the elections were fair. And that is our view as well. |
But North Korea needs to make a strategic decision to set aside its ambition for nuclear weapons. |
Commonsense steps we've tried to take, like increasing domestic oil production by allowing drilling in a small portion of ANWR, have been blocked by Democrats for years. |
Each and every time the American workers have risen to the challenges and made the U.S. economy the envy of the world. |
Every American has the right to a peaceful protest and everyone has the right to express their views without breaking the law. Freedom of speech is obviously supported by the president and this White House. As far as our national security programs, those are built and funded to preserve and protect those freedoms. |
Florida is taking the lead and we're standing by to assist them. Federal resources are on-site and are ready to be deployed. These resources include water, food, ice and personnel, and expertise in search and rescue, should the state require them. |
Forty-five million Americans are uninsured, and that's too high. |
He is an avid reader and the president knows full well that he's got a lot of time left in this second term and he's going accomplish big things. |
He reads books of all stripes and persuasion, and he decided to read it. |
He said it could, could be $60 billion. It is impossible to know what any military campaign would ultimately cost. The only cost estimate we know of in this arena is the Persian Gulf War, and that was a $60 billion event. |