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    Ironically, removing the asbestos actually raised the risk to the public - because asbestos fibers become airborne during removal.

    I think, for most of the people in Taiwan, a pretty substantial margin falls somewhere in the middle, and it'll remain that way for some time.

    The dogs of war have been unleashed in Florida, and that's what happens when you deviate from the rule of law and go into this morass of subjective hand counting with no standards, changing standards all of the time,

    I am one of those who have thought for a long time that we needed to make some significant changes in our campaign finance reform system.

    Trade cannot be the totality of our considerations, ... It is not too much to ask our trading partner ... to stop sending technology, raw materials, people, goods and so forth that enhances the capabilities of these rogue nations that increasingly pose a threat to this country.


    For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.

    Nobody wants to open a business near a Superfund site and risk being sued.

    We are pleased to be one of the teams on the NCAA Most Improved List. The process of building the program back to National prominence will take some time and it is always good to see indications of growth and progress.

    We have no idea at this time (why he killed himself), ... But we are looking into it.

    We, as a nation, cannot wait for the Pearl Harbor of the information age. We must increase our vigilance to tackle this problem before we are hit with a surprise attack.


    The Chinese has lied consistently. Not only do they lie about such things as transfers of nuclear technology, they have lied to us about their involvement in our campaign, ... I wouldn't believe anything any of them said.

    So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world.


    For a long time in American history, people didn't even come up before the Senate. They didn't come before the Judiciary Committee, and up until about 1923, something like that.

    They do a lot of excellent work, ... a lack of leadership at the Justice Department.

    I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could tell, for the most part, Democrat and Republican, respected that.

    I'm disappointed but I watched (his) speech, and I think he's doing it because of a matter of principle. And as disappointed as I am I got to say I can understand we get so caught up in the day-to-day politics of things and struggle to serve politics ,we forget sometimes people take stands like this.

    I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.

    When there are factual disputes, it's better to have live witnesses.

    the people of Tennessee with honor, distinction, and class.

    He was nine times the coach I am, so he did it for nine years and I did it for one,

    There are some hopeful signs coming out of China in the statements they've made since the since September 11.

    When it comes to personal courage and integrity and the courage to do what he thinks is right, regardless of whether or not it's particularly popular at the moment, John McCain has shown characteristics of leadership like no one else I've ever seen,

    Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

    We will have to play better defensively. We are loaded with a lot of weaknesses...We're still working hard to improve.

    You know politicians come and go, and we leave very small footprints behind and then they are washed away. But for us to have a place like the University of Tennessee, where our work will endure for whoever cares to look at it, it is just a tremendous honor.

    The fact of the matter is China has supplied Pakistan soup to nuts with... with nuclear capability and the ability to build their own missiles.

    At risk are systems that control power distribution and utilities, phones, air traffic, stock exchanges, the Federal Reserve, and taxpayers' credit and medical records.

    During this last encounter, John McCain became the leading voice on this issue in Washington, D.C., including the White House, ... the fact of the matter is that he took a strong position early on because he was able to analyze it and he had the courage to go forward with it, and he turned out to be right, which always helps.

    But if the Chinese mainland, the PRC, attacked Taiwan, we'd be obligated to come to their aid.

    The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

    We should ... hold them to account in the realm of public and world opinion, at least for starters. I think there's all kinds of things below the scene that an administration can do along those lines.

    I'm talking about using the authority of your office to encourage them to do the right thing. I would call on you to do, as you've done before, and call on an independent counsel yourself,

    You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

    In the end, we may be hurting the very people we should be concerned about - the inner-city poor, those who already have to live with many risks in their daily lives, those who do not have clout here in Washington.

    Senator Biden told Justice Ginsburg when she was up there that she should not answer questions that she thought might compromise her in that way. So the shoe is on the other foot now. That's a part of the process we're going through it. But all is well,

    And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.

    I don't think that we ought to cut off our nose to spite our face. I don't even necessarily think that in the long run that we should forever keep them out of WTO,

    The committee was unsympathetic to the rating agencies' testimony. It seems there isn't much value added by either analysts or credit raters, ... Rating agencies don't really go beyond the documents, although you have the right to.

    We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.

    We have tried to work with the White House, ... We have tried to do it in private. We've tried to do it attorney to attorney in a responsible manner. We have objected on several occasions that they were trying to manipulate the press and us by waiting until testimony had happened before relevant documents had been produced. Supposedly, then, the story would become old news ... and the same thing with regard to depositions. We're not going to tolerate that.

    And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.

    Cyberspace is the battlefield of tomorrow... Instead of confronting us head-to-head on the traditional battlefield, adversaries will confront the U.S. at its point of least resistance - our information infrastructure.

    There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

    We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

    Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

    Lemonade 50 Cool Recipes for Classic, Flavored and Hard Lemonades and Sparklers.

    Mr. President, I would suggest this is your campaign, ... Much of this money that was raised was for your campaign and for your re-election. This is your White House. This is your Department of Justice, and these are your tapes. And you have a responsibility.

    Some people think that our planet is suffering from a fever. Now scientists are telling us that Mars is experiencing its own planetary warming: Martian warming. This has led some people, not necessarily scientists, to wonder if Mars and Jupiter, non signatories to the Kyoto Treaty, are actually inhabited by alien SUV-driving industrialists.


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