Ray LaHood Quotes (20 Quotes)

in support of those that are citizen soldiers who come from those communities.

my 40-minute conversation with him.

We've got lots of time, lots of good ideas.

He made that decision based on a lot of personal things going on in his life, so I certainly don't fault him for deciding not to run, ... We will have many good candidates and our party's going to have to decide who we want, who the best candidate is to take on Blagojevich.

The people in my 14 counties don't want to go back to the old days, ... What about fair trade and free trade, what about markets

In the end, the vast majority of people in my own district told me - either by letters, e-mails or personal contact - that they really wanted me to stay where I am, ... I had very few people in my own district say they wanted me to run for governor.

The reality is the people have a hard time believing gouging or collusion is not taking place when they see these spikes, and I have a hard time believing it myself,

I don't really favor that kind of thing, ... I know you all like COOL up here ... but I cannot believe you're interested in having the government get involved in this thing.

He's a friend. We've been friends for 20 years and I really count him as a friend, and I don't have any reservation at all about saying I'd give him a substantial check,

I find it hard to believe that the same gas which cost about 2.50 per gallon at 7 a.m. on Monday was priced at over 2.75 by noon that very same day,

I think service is going to go right down the tubes, ... I think the flying public is in for real horror stories. If there was a vote by Congress on this, I think it would not go through.

People used to write a letter, but since the anthrax scare it takes four to six weeks for a letter from Adams County to get to an office in Washington D.C.,

What I told Edgar is I would write him a big check, ... I didn't offer to give him all my money.

We're not just going to pile it on the debt, we're going to pay for it,

It is wrong that we are closing and realigning bases while we are at war,

There's an awful lot of work that will have to go on before there's any vote on Social Security,

They didn't like the unknown of not knowing who would follow on, ... There was no heir apparent.

I was raised in Peoria. My wife was. It's a good town to raise kids in,

I really hope I can bring balance and common sense and look at the matter in a serous way and do what I believe is best for the country,

Our leadership is optimistic and upbeat but the truth is, nobody really knows,