Pete Stark Quotes (13 Quotes)

Every American, regardless of their background, has the right to live free of unwarranted government intrusion. Repealing the worst provisions of the Patriot Act will reign in this gross abuse of power and restore to everyone our basic Constitutional rights.

It is time we had a defense budget that lives within its means, accounts for what is truly required in Iraq and provides the best possible support for all our troops.

Concierge care is like a new country club for the rich, ... The danger is that if a large number of doctors choose to open up these types of practices, the health care system will become even more inequitable than it is today.

Because the Iraq war is suppressing military enlistment, military recruiters are now using illegal and improper tactics to enlist soldiers.

Often the violence goes to children as well, ... That's pretty scary.

I think unleashing 3,000 smart bombs against the city of Baghdad in the first several days of the war... to me, if those were unleashed against the San Francisco Bay Area, I would call that an act of extreme terrorism.

You little fruitcake, you little fruitcake, I said you are a fruitcake.

Growth like this should be accompanied by rapid growth in jobs and wages, but neither has materialized this far into the recovery.

We are a long way from getting back the jobs lost since President Bush took office.

We cannot allow the continued rape of the land by polluters who would deplete our forests, scar our public lands, pollute our air and water and then have the tax code subsidize their destruction, ... This 17.8 billion in corporate welfare is unconscionable.

They don't have workers trained to counsel people who have been subject to abuse and understand the needs of the people, ... They just ignore it, and that's the sad part.

CMS felt compelled to release some details about plan offerings today because tomorrow plans will start bombarding beneficiaries with marketing materials,

The announcement was more about making campaign buttons than filling prescription bottles.