Michael Oxley Quotes (18 Quotes)

What the law really does is enshrine the principles of honestly and accountability that I learned growing up in Ohio ... You never get in trouble by doing the right thing,

The tax cut he played a large part in enacting returned much needed dollars to the pockets of hard-working Americans across the nation and bolstered a slumping economy,

I have been working closely with local officials to promote the valuable contributions of the plant to the nation, the state, and the local community.

The liberal groups spent months raising money so they could take down anyone President Bush nominated. But they have not been able to touch judge Roberts.

I don't think they want to, or are not prepared to answer some very pointed questions about what went wrong.

The risk from terrorism remains acute and the private market cannot continue to operate without a government backstop.

I think the president will make the right decision, ... I don't think you should have any kind of a balancing act, or some kind of a litmus test. I think it should be purists who believe in judicial restraint, and who believe that writing the laws is the job of the legislative branch and not the judicial branch.

Certainly the advent of technology and electronic commerce has had an immense impact on the real estate industry.

Still, even when you concede that Sarbanes-Oxley performed a public service--by spurring companies to clean up their acts--the fact remains that the law has created inequities, especially for small companies. Even Oxley himself has begun backpedaling. In a recent speech in London, he recalled the hothouse atmosphere ... a bit more flexibility for small and medium-size companies.

Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

We must speed up the deployment of broadband in order to bring high-speed data services to homes and businesses. The spread of information technology has contributed to a steady growth in U.S. productivity.

Judge Roberts has a brilliant legal mind and respect for the judicial process, which is supposed to interpret the law, not make it,

I've never met John Roberts personally, although he was a young lawyer on President Reagan's staff at about the same time that I came to Congress in the early 1980s,

I am proud of the bipartisan process that produced this legislation. Corporate responsibility is an investor and retiree issue. It is not a partisan issue, and those who would attempt to make it so do a real disservice to all of us.

I've always been an intuitive politician, and it just made sense after 25 years in Congress and nine years in the (Ohio) legislature, ... I've paid my dues.

The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

The legislation we crafted in conference goes a long way in solving the egregious problems that have arisen as a result of corporate misconduct and accounting scandals. It's not a total answer, but I think we made excellent progress, and the White House has informed me this morning that they support the conference agreement.

We hope to go to the floor early next month with that legislation. We think we will get a strong bipartisan vote in the House for regulatory relief.