Byron Dorgan Quotes (83 Quotes)


    Seniors should not be coerced into an HMO in order to get drug coverage, ... Is the White House Backing Away from a Comprehensive Medicare Drug Benefit

    In a small state like ours it's important to have the ability to work together,

    If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC.

    We need this because I believe the current profits are the highest they have ever been, and at the same time the oil companies are accumulating all this gain, there is a lot of pain for consumers,

    We don't imagine that every pharmacy is going to buy their drugs through Canada, ... What Senator Dorgan's hope is, is that the knowledge that those prices are available will put downward pressure on prices here.


    The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple.

    Everyone expects American businesses to make a profit and I don't begrudge them that, ... But the big oil companies are now reaping an unbelievable windfall, and it's time for Congress to help consumers.

    I am proud to be in the Senate. I have always been proud to be a part of our political system. It is a remarkable privilege to participate in this system of ours.

    It's very important for Congress to be able to do its work, to fully investigate what has happened here, for us to have information about all of these partnerships,

    How could regulators have sat by ... Were they or asleep or brain dead

    We have four cities that produce a lot of traffic for them, and we're very dependent on Northwest, ... I want to see that the airline continues to serve us with the service we need.

    None of us knows much about pricing, but we see the pain of consumers and we see the gains of the companies.

    I think when someone runs a 10 billion company into the ground, the last thing you do is give him a bonus. Pay is based on performance. When somebody is cooking the books and running a company into the ground, you don't give them big bonuses. That's not rocket science.

    This galloping concentration in broadcast ownership is unhealthy.

    Sen. Byron Dorgan said the move sends a strong message. I think it's a very serious step and will be an understandable signal to the Syrians, ... The Syrians have been identified as a country that's engaged in state-sponsored terrorism.

    The American consumer should shed no tears at Mr. Crawford's resignation, ... The fact is, he took the side of the pharmaceutical industry and against consumers at virtually every opportunity.

    I don't need 45 days to know this is a bad idea. I could tell you that after 45 minutes.

    We have a constitutional responsibility to use our heads, our hearts and our minds to make good decisions about the future of this country.

    If we withdrew tomorrow, there would be a bloodbath in Iraq. We can't do that, ... Fox News Sunday.

    If the allegations brought forward by the whistle-blowers are correct, they represent both a security threat and a waste of taxpayer dollars. It would be ironic, to say the least, if DHS were unable to secure its own headquarters.

    If USDA wants to improve its computer systems, I'm all for it, ... But they shouldn't try to pay for those upgrades by closing the FSA offices our farmers depend on. It never made sense to me that the way to save money was to force farmers and ranchers to drive farther or go online to get their questions answered. I had serious reservations about this plan, as did many members of Congress. I'm glad USDA listened to those concerns and has decided to scrap this plan.

    When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety.

    There's nothing normal or fair about any of these methods.

    We don't have a solution for Bismarck and Grand Forks, but we have the attention of the president of the company,

    Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.


    It is not taking a vote before we've heard the evidence.

    There is no evidence that we ever get tough with anybody, no matter the circumstances, because most of our trade policy is mushy-headed, foreign policy rather than sound, sensible economic policy.

    I think there was a massive waste of taxpayer money, ... stories about money being delivered in paper bags -- cash -- millions of dollars of cash being delivered in bags.

    We're trying to get through all of this, to understand it, ... Northwest has been a good carrier for North Dakota for many decades, but they are dominant in our state, and so changes they make can have a profound impact on North Dakota and its economy.

    It's not too late to have adequate controls on that which is spent on the reconstruction and on the contracting in Iraq,

    When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.

    There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.

    This is a very positive step for our farmers and ranchers who are coping with losses from weather-related disasters.

    The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.

    We pay here in the United States the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. ... We believe it's unfair.

    We don't make one pair of Levi's in the United States any more. Want to wear Tony Lama Boots You're probably wearing Chinese boots. You want to eat Fig Newton cookies You're eating a foreign product. Didn't used to be. It's Mexican now. We are seeing a wholesale movement away from this country of things that we make, products that we produce, that used to have attached to them good jobs for Americans.

    His attorneys have told us we should prepare for a hearing in which he would testify,

    I don't feel responsible for things I didn't vote for.

    I've always understood that appointments to the Supreme Court were for a lifetime, but an appointment to be independent counsel is not. It's time for this to end.

    I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

    If you talk about preemption you better know things rather than think things.

    All of us aspire to give our children something more, leave a country to our children that is a better one, a stronger one, with better jobs and growth and opportunity.

    When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.

    This relates to a massive number of American jobs and American enterprise being shipped overseas in circumstances of trade that are fundamentally unfair because that is the way China wants it.

    Consumers need relief from high energy prices. Talk is cheap. The price of energy is not. Congress needs to act.

    Very few people know anything about this nominee's views about a wide range of subjects, ... This is a very important seat because it's a swing vote.

    We simply must ensure accountability for these massive expenditures -- so that these dollars don't just wind up lining the pockets of unscrupulous contractors, as we've seen all too often in Iraq,

    People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat.



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