If we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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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Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator – life, liberty and freedom.
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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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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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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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But my bill, the Drill Now Act, would actually expedite the whole process, let the Interior Department move ahead quicker… It would stop the radical environmental lawyers from delaying for years with frivolous lawsuits the leasing of the property.
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I know I was a businessman for years, and I stayed up countless nights worrying about having to let one person go. It’s a terrible thing to do.
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A free and stable Iraq will be a shining light against the shadow of Islamic extremism.
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NCLB should be called “More Children Left behind”.
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Government-run schools can’t instill morals and character.
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We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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If a person wants to be publicly gay, they should not be teaching in the public schools.
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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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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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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.
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