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The U.S. government may not have the resources to check into all the cases that his hands have touched.

I place economy among the first and important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our choice between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.

I plan to work with the Senate leadership and my colleagues to develop a comprehensive approach to address and ultimately pay for this reconstruction effort. I am willing to do my part, but it is essential that we all reexamine and reprioritize our spending as a result of this natural disaster.

The Voting Rights Act, whose 40th anniversary we celebrate this month, has helped minorities elect 81 sitting members of Congress and thousands of local officials. But the rally civil rights groups held in Atlanta earlier this month to push for extension of the act's key temporary provisions downplayed those gains and instead pushed wild claims that some state laws requiring an ID to vote are the functional equivalent of Jim Crow poll taxes,

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.

Ronald Reagan's vision of smaller government, less taxes, and a strong national defense has led to a prosperous America. As president, he rebuilt our military and reinvigorated our confidence in ourselves.

Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Pauls Church for divine services. His prayer that afternoon was 'Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.'

The Congress and the American public have said they want smaller, more efficient government. I think the FDA has certainly recognized and responded to that,

Paterson can act as a representative for the Senate and a candidate for lieutenant governor.

Do you know how many women were in the Senate in 1984 One. We've multiplied that number by 14.

What this bill says is it reiterates again the deadline, and that the Senate should act before the deadline, and that's what the American people are expecting.

You have a lack of basic management controls. I have a complete lack of confidence in the management of our state government.

The government is likely to prevail on the cumulative effect of how Microsoft's market power has prevented competition. A company that didn't have Microsoft's power could say they were just trying to be competitive.

Government seems to be forgetting we are in the European Union now. It is turning a blind eye to the Transfer of Undertaking Directive, which is there to safeguard workers rights. I am an EU citizen, in good times and in bad, and I therefore expect my government to stick up for workers rights where possible within the context of membership.

I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.

Up until recently, I dismissed talk of military strikes against Iran as posturing or left-wing conspiracy theories. But I recently changed my mind after friends close to the White House and the Pentagon told me that some people in government have already decided the military option was the only one and there was active military planning.

Enough. It's time to work. I am working calmly for a future government, and that's what we must do.

We are going to stand up to this. We hope the government responds, but we will not be surprised if the government does not respond.

Last year, Congress overwhelmingly called on President Bush to make 2006 a year of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty. The domestic public relations campaign waged by the White House and the new round of presidential speeches does not advance that goal.

It has too much power to disappear overnight. It will still keep the governorship of 19 states and a substantial presence in Congress.

And it is, after all, the government that made this bed having rushed to indict on an extraordinary expedited schedule, the Justice Department is in no position to complain if temporary restrictions on the grand jury are necessary to prevent the government from obtaining an unfair and improper advantage trial,

If you are for smaller government, then our candidate is for you. We are for better government and smaller government.

deferred to Congress, the executive and to legal precedent - in some unspecified mix.

Officially, of course, no government is involved in the illegal arms industry, but a lot of them close a blind eye.

That would really be a concern for the government. It would have a big impact on Latin American countries which have large Catholic populations. These countries already have close economic relations with China.

It is a regrettable fact of life, but it is a fact of life that everything is done in the Congress at 1159 if there is a 12 o'clock curfew.

Bush, Congress, the mayor each of them are symptoms of a bigger problem, that we don't have accountability for disasters or challenges of this scale, ... That's all the public wants in trying times accountability.

I've often said I won't rest until I rid the sport of steroids. If we can't solve our problems, then I submit to you the government should do what it has to do.

This is very encouraging for us. People from all walks of life and groups have emerged in to the streets to join our protest, which is going to make sure our movement will continue and force the government down.

In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.

The choice before us is plain Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration...The time is come- it is now- when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America's future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God's government.

It is important for House conferees to realize that it is going to be difficult for the conference to come up with a bill that does not represent the bipartisan provisions of the Senate bill.

How convenient for these miscreant informants and the government to suddenly claim years later, when he was about to get out of prison, that he was still in the life, which fell into what is known as a predicate-act time frame,

We want to make sure there are assurances that that food is going to those who need it, not to the government and not to the military in North Korea.

Robey should be commended for applying new communications technology between the government and residents. The Republicans seem to be opposed to open government.

Well, such as opening up some sectors of banking, branch banking for instance. It isn't a legislative matter, it's a matter for administrative action.

We have been waiting for you so that we could turn over the government.

I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government.

Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice.

In the last two years, the government has painstakingly climbed ladders, gotten different people along the way to plead guilty in order to go after someone at the higher rung. We're now at the top of the ladder.

I hope that, beginning Sunday, we will have a government that inspires confidence for the next five years.

which are critical to ensuring strong support in Congress.

The senator is trying to escape 20 years of his record in the United States Senate.

I urged them the government to further develop the private sector and to explore the private investment potential.

This doesn't change the size of the pie that people are fighting for. It just makes it more likely that Microsoft will get a bigger chunk of it without the government interfering.

I feel pretty certain he would have been given a position in the government or the public sector if we (the JLP) had won in 2002.

The way it's written now, the legislative branch would totally give up any oversight of those records. That's the danger.

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work

The bottom line is, we're in a place that actually has a rule of law. The British government is mandated to take action.