Johnny Isakson Quotes (17 Quotes)

I don't remember ever hearing of someone running for office and getting elected by saying that if the worst natural disaster in the history of the country hit, the government wasn't going to spend a dime to help the innocent citizens.

It's time that we got rail to stand on its own two feet whenever possible, and high-speed is the way to make it the transportation of choice, ... Transportation isn't any good if it doesn't solve a commuter's problem.

My submission to you is we're fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we'd be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it.

What's happening today is not going to help us, because the refineries have had to shut down and the offshore wells have had to shut down.

will make it more difficult for airlines to convince a bankruptcy judge that they cannot make reasonable pension payments.

We must do a better job of educating all drivers to be safer on the road.

I love hearing from all my constituents, but I particularly love hearing from Georgia's children,

As we consider 81.9 billion dollars for the continuation in our effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, if we look for optimism, it surrounds us everywhere.

You know, if you didn't pay close attention, you'd think we were the only people in Iraq and the only people fighting the terrorists.

I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system.

an exceptionally qualified individual.

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

We're at war against the ultimate evil in the world, and We're going to win.

If you've got a proposition that gives you the opportunity to save the pensions of hardworking employees and protect the taxpayers from not having to fulfill that obligation, that's a win-win, ... The taxpayer doesn't get stuck and the company honors its benefits.

He's like I am. He's trying to be part of the debate, and in the end, I hope both of us are.

The people of Iraq are grateful for what the people of the United States of America and our armed forces and our coalition forces are giving them the opportunity to do.

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility.