Jim Cooper Quotes (37 Quotes)

This team has been amazing. We've been very businesslike. Our situation today will be pretty much the same. It was total chaos at the end of this one, so I don't know how it can get any more intense or draining.

While tax refunds amount to substantial income for many Americans, current IRS rules do not allow taxpayers to directly deposit their refund into more than one account.

It's not just that families can't buy a home or start a business without some savings tucked away.

The worst lead in hockey is two goals, among coaches at least. But obviously, you'd rather have it than not have it.

Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action.

The mood has been loose. We've done everything exactly the same way. We can't change who we are now. There are some nerves naturally. But hopefully they'll have them too.

Take the veto. Bush is the first president since James Garfield in 1881 not to veto a single bill. Garfield only had six months in office; Bush has had over four years.

If we don't change, millions of American families are just one medical emergency, or one layoff, away from financial disaster and bankruptcy.

The President's budget pays for only six months of the war in Iraq and completely overlooks the transition costs of Social Security reform. The Administration always lied about the cost of the Medicare drug bill.

If you need to put your money in a safe and secure place and you want it to earn interest, Treasury bonds are safer than putting it in any bank as a deposit or putting it anywhere else, because they are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government.

We thought it was our time to win, but I guess not. I can now officially say I think this is the best team I've ever had. I refused to say it until they got to this moment.

Night riding on the trail is chicken times two. It's not for the faint of heart.

I think this gives us real hope that we can keep the eight C-130 airplanes that are the heart and soul of the Airlift Wing.

Coles Myer spokesman Jim Cooper says the advertising campaign is a necessity. There is a fair bit of misinformation flying around out there, ... We're proud of what we do in terms of supporting suppliers, local suppliers, so the ads are really just about us getting a few facts on the table.

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We are spending more money on bond holders than we are on our own citizens. It took 204 years to have this happen. The other party will not even allow a recorded vote on this issue so that we can see how people stand on that issue.

Under the AHP approach, the average small business might be able to offer their employees one or two insurance plans, and that employee of the small business would have no idea whether their doctor was going to be a apart of one of those plans.

Few people realize that Bush could slash any program in federal government with the approval of a simple majority in the Senate and the House.

Republican control of the executive and legislative branches means that they have the power to budget honestly for our nation and reduce our deficits.

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era.

This Congress is simply not doing its job under Republican leadership.

Right now under President George W. Bush, we have the first President since James Garfield in 1881 never to have vetoed a single bill.

This seems to be a substantial development in the war, when one of the most highly paid and trusted advisers may have deliberately misled our nation for months and years and some of our officials may have swallowed it hook, line and sinker,

There is a growing unease, but all the folks I talked to support our troops, want us to win in the Middle East and still trust our military leaders to do the right thing. I think there's some skepticism of our civilian leaders.

It took the first 204 years of our Nation's history to accumulate $1 trillion in debt. And now we are doing that every 2 or 3 years.

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Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war.

With our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings.

We are scheduled to meet this year fewer days than any Congress since at least 1948. And that is even before I was born. So far, we are in the 123rd day of this year, and yet we have only had 26 voting days in this body. That is a shame.

This is a simple change that will provide a huge financial boost for many Americans, particularly low- to moderate-income families. It is an important step in making sure we do everything we can to encourage all Americans to save and plan for the future.

When we don't save, we can't even lend money to our government. Today, more than 40 of our huge national debt is owned by foreign countries.

President Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.

We won the battle of the crowds. There's a lot of enthusiasm in the community. This particular school has not won a state title. So it's a pretty starved community.

First, the year 2004, the year past, the Comptroller General of the United States, David A. Walker, said that arguably it was the worst year in American fiscal history, clearly setting our Nation on an unsustainable path.

If this man was on the U.S. payroll until last week, what has changed in the last few days to make him subject of a raid of this type

Some lawmakers who did not take part in the hearing agree. It's all about making speeches and issuing talking points, ... No tax increase will get out of this Congress.