Political Quotes

Alfonse D'Amato

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Quotes by year · 1994–199896 total · peak 1994 (32)
1994: 32 quotes1995: 5 quotes1996: 18 quotes1997: 16 quotes1998: 25 quotes
Apr 25, 1997

That is absolutely correct. Questions asked should include: has the prospective reverse mortgage recipient made or signed any agreement or contract authorizing any fees to a third party? Does the homeowner have the intention to or made any…

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Feb 25, 1997

I cannot believe, and I am shocked and appalled, that any Member of Congress would put out a statement of this kind that shows those who were imprisoned and being sent to their death--it seems to me that anyone who would make a statement…

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Jan 30, 1997

Is it the intent then of the Senator to bring this to the attention of the Justice Department and ask them, would it not be correct, to seek an order from a higher court right here to quash this? This is incredible.

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Jan 30, 1997

So if the crime was in North Carolina, the prisoner is in the Carolinas, the question is total lack of jurisdiction. So the thing that becomes shocking is what is to prevent this judge from issuing or entertaining a case, let us say, from…

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Jan 30, 1997

First, let me, if I might, say that I commend the Senator for taking the time to bring to the attention of the Congress and of the Senate such a glaring, incredible abuse of judicial authority. It is obvious that that is the case. But let…

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Sep 3, 1996

Given our shared concerns over the importance of the science in this new field of scientific inquiry, would it not be appropriate for the Environmental Protection Agency to enter into agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to…

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Jul 30, 1996

The Department of Energy has indicated that moving this waste will be expensive, however, we are not aware of any fixed price of what it would cost to remove, transport and dispose of this waste. We do not know if a business, operating in…

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Jul 25, 1996

Seventy percent of the cocaine in the streets of America come right through the passageway from Mexico that the Senator has described.

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Jul 25, 1996

Is it not true that there has only been one Mexican-national who has been extradited to this country out of all of those requested?

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Jul 25, 1996

Does the Senator really believe that the number of outstanding requests, 99 criminals, have been identified and indicted?

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Jul 18, 1996

If we multiplied 2.7 million times $3,000 per recipient--and that is a modest figure, because as they are more elderly the cost even goes up higher--we would find that is a shocking figure. It seems to me that approaches over $6 billion a…

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Jul 18, 1996

Would my colleague know how many billions of dollars a year that is costing the taxpayers?

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