Bill Bennett

last week, along with a number of my colleagues, I went up into the room on the fourth floor in the Capitol where the Defense Department, the State Department, and the CIA come to brief us on classified information. I sat in a darkened…

a recent poll within the last couple of days had a fact I found truly extraordinary which I want to talk about. It says a very large percentage--maybe even a majority--of the people of America believe we are still in a recession. I find…

I begin with a headline that appears in this morning's Washington Post on the front page of the business section. I believe it belongs on the front page, period. The headline reads: Federal Deficit Likely to Narrow By $100 Billion. Tax…

I will do my best to do it in a manner that is not disagreeable either to him or to others who are in support of this amendment. Let us understand, of course, the Fair Labor Standards Act is one of the most important protections American…

on the 5th of April, the senior Senator from Massachusetts, Senator Kennedy, appearing before the Brookings Institute, delivered what Larry King described as a blistering attack on the Bush administration. Last night, Larry King and…

That is the core of this election. Do we face the future with fear and pessimism and a conviction that we cannot do it or do we face the future with a clear, realistic understanding of how difficult it will be, but with a confidence and an…

Today, looking back on the past quarter century of terrorism, we can see that it is the method of choice of an extensive, internationally connected ideological movement dedicated to the destruction of our international system of…

I do not challenge his patriotism, but I challenge his accuracy and his conclusions. I think we should also understand that as we differ on this, we are not attacking someone's patriotism. That canard has been thrown across the aisle at…

It is an insight, and the question is whether or not the Senator wanted a ride in a car that throughout its history has a 53.1 miles-per-gallon history.

Much that has been said, in my opinion, has more to do with the fact this is an election year than it does with the situation facing the economy. I do not wish to address the specifics of the budget resolution because I think it is more…

I recognize fully the level of revenue currently coming into the Federal Treasury is at a distressingly low historic point. But I go back again to a comment that Chairman Greenspan once made to a group of us. He said to us: You can set the…

If a President could create jobs, the unemployment rate would be permanently at 3.2 percent. If a President could create jobs, every President would. If a Congress could create jobs, every Congress would. No one wants to go home and…