Jon Kyl Quotes (47 Quotes)


    We've got to set an agenda that deals with a lot of different things here, and where estate tax fits into that is just not known at this time.

    Laws against sports betting and Internet gambling advance important social policy, ... We've had a ban on interstate sports gambling through telephone lines or wires since 1961. So long as we fail to clearly adapt this law to include the Internet, we will leave unchecked a dangerous and growing addiction.

    We have to do everything we can to maintain the independence of the judiciary and to stress that court decisions, to the absolute extent possible, be decided based upon the law and not the policy views of individual justices,

    One way that we might encourage others to come forth with potential savings is to demonstrate that we ourselves are willing to forgo this COLA, ... It's a gesture that members of the Senate ought to make.

    It's not consistent with somebody who knows national security information and how to treat it.


    This damage could just as easily have been caused by a terrorist attack, and many if not most of the same elements are involved in responding to natural disasters.

    We cannot control immigration unless we control our borders.

    has been a longtime champion of Medicare modernization, and of providing seniors with access to preventive medicine and the new drugs that are transforming health care in this country. I saw this commitment firsthand in my work on the 2003 Medicare reform bill.

    In deciding the case, the Supreme Court not only, in my view, engaged in questionable analysis of American law, it spent perhaps 20 percent of its legal analysis discussing the laws of Great Britain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, Nigeria and China,

    One is not qualified for the court by virtue of his position on issues, but rather by his ability to judge fairly,

    There has to be a plan in placealong with adequate resources to be able to evacuate people, or at least provide relief supplies before panic sets in. None of this appears to have been done in Louisiana.

    It is the only time that . . . you'll have the opportunity to be directly lobbied in the political context in an appropriate way.

    It is unfair for our hospitals to bear a hugely disproportionate burden for mandated emergency health treatment for illegal aliens.

    no judicial nominee should be compelled to answer any question that would force him or her to prejudge or signal future conclusions regarding any case or issue.

    As long as you pay for the travel, the hotel accommodations, the train or plane ticket or whatever it might be before December 31, you will be able to take on this year's taxes, a credit.

    When police retrace the history of a serial predator after he is finally caught, they often find that he never had a prior criminal conviction, but did have a prior arrest. That means the only way they are likely to catch such a perpetrator after his first crime -- rather than his 10th -- is if authorities can maintain a comprehensive database of all those who are arrested, just as we do with fingerprints.

    If we would simply take about a fourth of that and all of the various pork projects that were in the highway bill, and redirect some of that to the Gulf region, we would have billions of dollars to help rebuild that area and ... not waste money that would otherwise be spent on a lot of things that don't have much to do with rebuilding highways and bridges, ... Late Edition.

    Efforts to protect critical computer networks have unfortunately not kept pace with the march of technology.

    War is tough, and there are casualties. And just before victory, sometimes, it gets most violent.

    He speaks with such economy of words. It is the mark of a really brilliant person who is so clear in his thinking, so precise in his thinking that he can communicate very complex thoughts in just a few well-chosen words,

    We couldn't enhance the intelligence budget in large part because of the administration,

    If anything was new, I think it was a reassertion of his commitment to secure the border,

    Even if you win, you have no idea if you'll be paid off.

    The death tax is unfair, inefficient, economically unsound and, frankly, immoral.

    Our intelligence agencies lack the ability to confidently detect low-yield tests.

    According to the National Security Administration, there are over a hundred countries that are working on techniques to penetrate our information infrastructure. Many of them are aimed at the Defense Department and high security areas in both the private sector and the government, so it's a very serious threat.

    At the very time you're trying to rebuild small businesses, you want to try and send a message to them that we don't care about them anymore

    For the record, it is certainly the case that there needs to be prize consideration for gambling, ... Clearly, if it is legal in the state and there is no prize offered, I can't see why anyone would consider it gambling. We are not attempting to make illegal by this legislation fantasy sports that would be legal in states. I'm pleased that the previous opposition has been removed.

    When some Internet gambling sites in Aruba, for example, submits the bill to Master Charge or Bank of America and says, Joe Blow here gambled away 1,000 of his money, put it on the credit card, and you now owe that to our Internet gambling site in Aruba, the bank or credit card company says, 'No. That was against the law. We are not paying.'

    Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

    We need to understand from the key authorities what went wrong, what should have been done, and most importantly, what needs to be done so we're ready next time.

    I would definitely say that this summer's heat qualifies as a special factor beyond the control of low-income residents or anybody else,

    If 90-plus percent of the Democrats vote against...and 90-plus percent of the Republicans vote for.... it is hard to argue it is not partisan.

    Because the nominee might be perceived by some to be more conservative in their view than Justice O'Connor, somebody is going to make the argument that this then makes this more extraordinary, and therefore try to put pressure on Democrats who have not seen fit to filibuster judicial nominees to say, 'Well, this is different,'

    I want you to know that I will defend your refusal to answer any question that you believe to be improper,

    Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources.

    One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned.

    At 47 percent, the (estate) tax today is a great inhibitor to growth, ... and is also a business-ending event.

    It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

    You need to go home and wait in line with everybody in their home. This is the pure amnesty question right here.

    The actions taken by the family of nations are a just and essential step in ridding the world of the global threat of terrorism and bringing to justice those who plot the destruction of peaceful and innocent people. I fully support the president's actions.

    Well over 60 percent of Americans in all the polls I see think it's OK to have temporary workers, but you do not have to make them citizens.

    Heirs to the 84 billion Wal-Mart fortune, for example, would save billions of dollars in tax ... Death by a Thousand Cuts The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth.

    God forbid that there be a terrorist attack that could have been prevented by the Patriot Act after it has expired.

    He is a lawyer and judge of the school that says, you take the cases as they come. You decide on the basis of the facts and law, and you don't let ideology get in the way,

    There is a reason for both sides to compromise here for something that would be short of full repeal but would still provide a substantial reduction,

    He said, 'The buck stops with me I'm in charge,' ... You heard him here assuming full responsibility by blaming others. That's not the way to assume full responsibility.


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