If we had prescribed in Congress each of the relationships between the agencies, I think that would have been an enormous mistake and would have rendered this person more useless. This person can exercise power, and I think that's good.
More Quotes from Jay Rockefeller:
They are a dangerous country, ... They're much more sophisticated than Iraq.Jay Rockefeller
While we transferred sovereignty today, we need to be honest with the American people that this struggle is far from over, ... Security in Iraq is worse now than it was right after the fall of Baghdad and may deteriorate further. The Iraqi security forces cannot handle the challenge alone, reconstruction has barely started, and massive unemployment has left many frustrated and even desperate.
Jay Rockefeller
Any time the intelligence committee pursued a line of inquiry that brought us close to the role of the White House in all of this in the use of intelligence prior to the war, our efforts have been thwarted time and time again, ... The very independence of the United States Congress as a separate and coequal branch of the government has been called into question.
Jay Rockefeller
The Commission did a careful review of the role of the courts in serving children in foster care, and it issued a series of recommendations. We are grateful for this report and relied on many of their recommendations in crafting this legislation. As always, we hope to forge bipartisan consensus on ways to move this bill forward.
Jay Rockefeller
I mean, al Qaeda, after all, has been pretty well splintered in its, the head of the monster is off, but the body is surviving in many other forms.
Jay Rockefeller
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Congress Quotes, Government Quotes, Power Quotes, Relationship QuotesI get invited to literally every single movie premiere that's going on.
Charlie Hunnam
Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it.
Herman Cain
Now you know the rest of the story.
Paul Harvey