Ken Lisaius Quotes (28 Quotes)

That will leave Karl more time to focus on truly strategic policy at a critical time for the presidency.

The president has rejected calls to raise taxes. The (White House) Office of Management and Budget will be working with Congress to cut unnecessary spending in the federal budget to handle the concerns raised by Katrina.

We put forward a budget each year with what we think are correct numbers for homeland security, and we'll continue to do that. The facts are the facts. This is a president who is leading the war on terror to not only make our nation safer, but the world safer.

The President was certainly pleased to nominate James Simpson. He's got a long history from his time as commissioner of the MTA to his position as chairman and chief executive officer of Victory Van Lines. He's someone the president feels is very qualified.

The president will appoint the individual who he feels is best qualified to serve. We will make an announcement when he have something to announce.

We will work with our coalition partners in Iraq and the Spanish government, and we expect they will implement their decision in a coordinated, responsible and orderly manner.

The decision should be based on the qualifications of the nominee, not whether the nominee is a member of the same political party,

Once the construction project is complete, this matter will be revisited.

At this point, we're not closing the door on anything.

needs to go beyond words and take action to dismantle these terrorist networks.

Unlike some who participate in one-stop photo ops to point fingers and wave their arms, President Bush has made a firm commitment to providing the Gulf Coast region relief and rebuilding effort they require.

Reasonable people can disagree about the conduct of the war ... but members of Congress saw the same intelligence and reached the same conclusions about going into Iraq.

We view all these things as issues that we will continue to work with Congress to forward. We don't view this as stalled, we view this as a healthy discussion on health-care priorities and a continuing conversation with members on the Hill about these priorities.

Judge Roberts is clearly qualified in terms of intellect, ethics and temperament. The public does not want to see Supreme Court nominations become an extension of partisan politics.

Our policy is not to discuss ongoing legal proceedings.

I think Congress showed an unwillingness to move forward.

It's not the time for blame. It's the time for helping the people on the ground that have been severely impacted by Hurricane Katrina. We'll continue to provide aid and assistance to those who have been severely impacted.

This incident has been brought to our attention, and this is clearly not appropriate, nor is it part of our standard operating procedures. The individuals involved will be verbally reprimanded.

The president looks forward to traveling to New York and talking about the prescription drug benefit program.

She certainly has an impressive professional background, from her time on the Superior Court bench in Connecticut to private practice and corporate practice.

The pilots determined that to be safe rather than sorry they needed to make an emergency-style landing.

They made the decision to be safe rather than sorry. I was told it was a fairly routine matter.

As policy, we don't discuss ongoing legal proceedings within the courts.

The president was clear that we must hold the line on spending and he appreciates the support of those Republicans in the Senate who have today pledged to do just that.

He's one man, and it's a big country. While conspiracy theories never fail to astound me, suggesting that he is specifically avoiding one city is ridiculous.

The president regularly addresses people of the country and takes questions from the press.

The president has a full schedule out there, and I would imagine the governor is equally busy. The president enjoys a good relationship with Governor Schwarzenegger, and if we don't see him on this trip we'll see him another time.

We have seen people coming forward with any number of good ideas. We believe this is a multi-step process that starts first with spending cuts to offset the expense of Katrina.