Conrad Burns Quotes (17 Quotes)

If anyone has ownership rights, it's the citizens of Montana, ... It's nonsense to try to secure the rights to it in the first place.

I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning.

These are very serious charges against Mr. Libby. I believe in the rule of law and the strength and integrity of our justice system and it shall prevail.

Today, our brave military men and women, just as those who have gone before them, stand on alert, securing freedom at home and guarding the innocent abroad.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

Lawsuits - and frivolous lawsuits - are just sapping the life out of the people who perform the services and deliver the goods for the rest of the citizenry in the State of Montana.

This is an exciting day, ... Not only is Ms. Rankin an important part of our nation's history, but Montana's as well. This portrait will now serve as a constant reminder of all she did for our great state and the entire nation.

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn't have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

are a critical element of the nuclear triad and represent our most responsive, stabilizing and cost-effective strategic force.

I believe she has a great understanding of Western values, which is a good thing in my book,

We look at them and tally them to see what a trend is on an issue, but we don't generally respond to mass e-mails, ... But if somebody takes the time to write us a letter, we really want to respond to them.

Securing our homeland is one of the most important things we do here in Congress, ... (The Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks) taught us that we need to tighten our security across the board. The new Northern Border Air Base will go far in sealing up our Canadian border, and that's an important mission.

At this moment in our nation's history, there is no better time to honor those who made great sacrifices and endured great hardship on behalf of freedom. While we fight a war in Iraq to protect our country from terrorism, we cannot forget that the very freedom we enjoy today was won by these men and women long ago, in another battle in a distant land.

I think you got a cultural problem that the airlines just don't give a damn, and I really hate to say that because we ask the same questions and we get the same results every year since I've been in the United States Senate.

On a lot of this he (Clinton) will not use Congress, ... What are we here for

We get very nervous in the livestock business about predators, ... It is not the nature of a farmer or a rancher to bring new livestock into the world just to give it away to predators.

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.