Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.
JIM DEMINTWell, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they’re active, informed, and engaged.
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Too many Americans are dependent on federal government.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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Well, we lost a lot of our independence already. We are dependent on China for credit. We are dependent on Middle Eastern countries for energy supplies. And many Americans are dependent on the government for their income, health care, education of their children, food stamps.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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I think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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Frankly, if independents and Democrats want to work with us on conservative ideas, I can do that better at Heritage than as a partisan inside.
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If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society’s most vulnerable.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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