Ron Bonjean Quotes (37 Quotes)

It would take a longer amount of time to get all our members back into session. Victims of Hurricane Katrina don't have that kind of time.

The Speaker believes that we should be as inclusive as possible. We have several women that would make outstanding leaders.

It is clear that we need a new chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission immediately. Sen. Lott is disappointed that Mary Sheila Gall, who is a clearly a qualified candidate, has not been confirmed by the Senate due to personal partisan attacks.

House Republicans will be on offense this Friday working to get out the news about positive job growth throughout America that will starkly contrast the Democrat agenda of negative spin.

Senator Kerry's comments used for campaign fund-raising purposes are simply over the top, extremely inappropriate and factually incorrect.

Sen. Lott believes this is an effort to open a dialogue on the serious issues of race, diversity and opportunity between Americans. This will be an ongoing effort.

He brings a fresh perspective to the issues at hand. We are lucky to have him.

We believe the U.S. should not allow a government-owned company to run American ports.

The Speaker thinks it's a good move on their part so that Congress can properly review this deal.

His experience and insight for over a decade of the Republican majority is invaluable to our leadership and to our members and will be used wisely.

The speaker is concerned about Congressman Evans' health and hopes he gets well and returns to work when he feels better.

The speaker wants members on both sides of the aisle to understand the nuances of House rules.

Anyone who is trying to unfairly profit by forcing American families to make tough choices over whether to fill the car up with gas or severely cut back on their budgets should be investigated and prosecuted.

Senate Republicans strongly believe that we should have an understanding on when President Bush's circuit court nominees, many of whom have been languishing in this committee for almost a year, will get hearings and be treated fairly,

We're continuing to work with our chairmen. We're working with the leadership and chairmen on the across-the-board cut. We haven't made a final decision.

The Speaker asked Chairman Nussle to begin work on this. We hope to get a bill to the president's desk that will make a sizable impact on the price tag of the recovery effort.

The message from the speaker is that oil companies need to do more work to bring oil and gas prices down. Companies make profits, and that's OK. But when you're dealing with a family's bottom line, we'd like to see some kind of plan to address rising cost

This is consistent with the speaker's announcement ... that House Republicans would revisit this matter at the beginning of this year.

This is a big issue across the country. We want to respond.

It's like one big 'West Wing' episode. You have a lot of drama, high stakes, media's in a frenzy, staffers glued to the TV and hitting the refresh key on the Drudge Report.

The speaker cares a great deal about this because the players are role models who set standards for kids in high school and college,

The administration has not requested disaster funding. We'll have to consider it in the regular process in the way in which Congress does business at this point.

The speaker is very concerned about compensation packages given to executives like Raymond at a time when families are facing choices between putting food on the table and filling their car with gasoline. We met with Exxon Mobil and several companies last fall, and it seems that the message hasn't gotten through.

We'll continue to call attention to this issue in a variety of ways.

We believe that the U.S. should not allow a (foreign)government-run company to operate American ports.

made a sincere apology and stands by it, and it should speak for itself.

He's deferring to the minority leader to appoint members to the committee.

The American people want Congress to find sincere ways to pay for Hurricane Katrina, and we are pressuring ourselves to get this done.

Is she making a personal apology to the police officer she punched or to the Democrats for mixing up their national security message.

The speaker has had a long history of being against Indian reservation shopping in Illinois.

The speaker believes the minority leader should ask Representative Mollohan to step aside from the ethics committee during this investigation.

We were wondering why the ethics committee was being held up for more than a year. Now we may know the reason.

Our message in this debate is that the House passed a border-security bill with the understanding that America is a nation of immigrants, a nation at war and a nation of laws. This is a complex issue, and the House looks forward to working with the Senate and the administration as the process moves forward.

We appreciate them sending the president a clean debt-limit extension.

On a day when the Democrats unveil their national security agenda, it's probably not a good idea to allegedly strike a police officer.

that in the end the Democrats will come around and join us for the good of the country.

The speaker wrote his letter to the BRAC commission based on sound policy grounds.