Mark Foley Quotes (52 Quotes)


    I believe without any equivocation that she's the most recognizable freshman in Washington. She's spoken more on the floor and taken command of the issues more than any other new member who comes to mind.

    We're up against a daunting task to convince our colleagues whose eyes are politically affixed to fuel prices at the pump,

    And now as we turn our sights on Iran and North Korea, we urge them to join other nations in surrendering these dangerous weapons.

    Finally, people are starting to recognize freedom and peace do have a cause, they do have a price.

    Mr. Gore has conceded, and that should have been the end of this, ... further diminishes his ability to govern at this perilous time.


    We're taught as young kids Acknowledge your mistakes, admit your lies, ... It's cathartic. That's what I think the speech did. He didn't just try to blame someone else.

    We're enabling the next generation of consumer electronics.

    In addition, international travel to the United States is now the largest service export with a generated trade surplus for 16 consecutive years.

    It states, History should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future. It also suggests that this celebration of the end of slavery is an important and enriching part of the history and heritage of the United States.

    This is not solely a response to the tragedy in the Gulf it is the result of the increasing evidence that FEMA should not be hindered by a top-heavy bureaucracy when needed to act swiftly to save lives, ... After suffering through three direct hurricane hits last summer and watching my friends in the Gulf weather Katrina, I have seen one consistent problem-red tape and bureaucratic obstacles getting in the way of saving lives.

    President Bush was quoted as saying to Mr. Foley in the Wall Street Journal, Foley, I know this is tough on you buddy, ... I know you're a good friend and a good soldier. Just help me out on this one.

    I am and have always been a strong proponent of public education. But by the virtue of its very nature - publicly funded schools cannot offer the type of spiritual education that Catholic schools have long provided.

    FEMA should not be hindered by a top-heavy bureaucracy when they are needed to act swiftly to save lives.

    He used to say to us at times, you know, what we need to do as Republicans is learn to sell our message, and he was constantly looking for ways to market the message. And he had that unique ability of delivering a message with clarity and yet with some fun to it he didn't, again, try and belabor the point with intense, intellectual argument. He merely tried to show the point in a comedic and upbeat manner. And he accomplished that.

    CAFTA is not the problem. If (the protections are) taken away in the 2007 Farm Bill, they will be completely open to any all sugar ... that enters the market, and that would be worse than CAFTA.

    They prey on our children like animals and will continue to do so until we stop them,

    In this country, we're innocent until proven guilty. Mr. DeLay deserves that presumption. I'm not going to attack Ronnie Earle, and I'm certainly not going to abandon Tom DeLay. ... Let this work its course,

    Six of our largest commercial ports are being handed over to a country that is seeking to be Iran's free trade partner and has been linked to the funding and planning of 9-11.

    We've seen how (terrorists) have used our state to assemble, so it's really critical we have the voice of Floridians represented,

    We're going to spend the next 30 days at least focused on relief restoration rather than business as usual.

    They really have to focus like a laser beam on the unique challenges that we, as a nation, face because my concern is if we have the homeland security director dealing with floodwaters, we could have a terrorist attack while we're preoccupied,

    On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places.

    A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.

    Moderates are listening, they're learning they want to be engaged, they want to be courted. They are not just going to say I am a Republican only. They aren't monolithic. The economy is a winner for us when we talk about taxes, job creation, people listen.

    She's gone out of her way to nurse an image that's more than just an antagonist of Fidel Castro. To her credit, she's been very effective and holds a valued opinion on a diverse range of topics.

    Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure future.

    For example, in my district there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves and golf courses.

    Currently, for every three workers contributing to Social Security there is one retiree receiving benefits paid for by those workers.

    The agency has never faced as costly a challenge as Katrina and Rita, and Republicans and Democrats alike are calling for an inspector general, an auditor or some other overseer of the billions in taxpayer money that FEMA is paying out weekly. This is when cooler heads need to prevail, ... is long overdue.

    A Congressional Budget Office study estimated that gulf energy infrastructure repair costs will be between $18 billion and $31 billion, just from the damages the hurricane created.

    We've avoided any new attack to this date, so obviously the system is working,

    These are the kind of tipping-point moments that have the potential to derail us, ... Incumbents suffer more when people believe there is a failure of leadership.

    Parochial schools in the United States are also responsible for educating students from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, including many who are non-Catholic.

    America's collective heart goes out to the families of those lost in today's tragedy. From America to Israel, you are in our thoughts and prayers. As a member of Congress, I'll do everything possible to ensure NASA has whatever it needs to prevent this from happening again.

    In search of a complete education with the ideals of trust, faith, understanding and compassion, many families are turning to the structure, discipline and academic standards of Catholic schools.

    We're all going to miss him. He brought sunshine in the morning.

    If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future.

    The gulf coast, we all know now, after Katrina, is responsible for 25 percent of U.S. production of natural gas. Following Katrina and Rita, almost 75 percent of the natural gas production in the gulf was shut down and not producing.

    Pointing fingers, trying to catch each other in scandal does not bring honor to this House.

    But the recent bombings in London are a wake-up call to all nations that we have to do more. If you look through the prism of no new terror incidents occurring in this country, it gives some degree of confidence to people, but that should not lull us back to sleep. They can strike at a moment's notice.

    Domestic travel and tourism-related spending has reached $1 trillion a year.

    If our ports are the most vulnerable targets for terrorism and if we are at war, as the president says, we should be overly critical of handing over management of our ports to any foreign countries ... Instead, this was done in the dead of night.

    The travel and tourism industry is the lifeblood of many states around the country - including Florida, California, New York and Nevada, to name a few.

    Mr. Foley called the ensuing evening a, difficult, gut-wrenching night. If the administration thinks that the sugar industry brought about the demise of this, there would have been hell to pay in the farm bill, ... This was somewhat of a survival of my constituents.

    She looks carefully and critically at every issue and bases her vote not on partisanship but on the right decision, and that's probably the most valuable trait for something as important as protecting our nation,

    By offering an education centered on values, the faculty in Catholic schools can create an interactive setting between parents and students that is geared toward long-term healthy character and scholastic development for all enrolled children.

    We track library books better than we do sexual predators.

    The United States stands with our friends in Britain as they recover from today's shock of terrorism. These barbaric acts strengthen our resolve and remind us all of the danger of complacency during our continued war on terror.

    This isn't like the SATs, ... where if you don't understand the question you go on to the next one.

    This is, after all, a country that still sees the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and still fails to recognize Israel as a sovereign state.


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