Political Quotes

Doug Bereuter

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Quotes by year · 19942004353 total · peak 1999 (64)
1994: 15 quotes1995: 14 quotes1996: 40 quotes1997: 43 quotes1998: 40 quotes1999: 64 quotes2000: 24 quotes2001: 40 quotes2002: 28 quotes2003: 31 quotes2004: 14 quotes
Sep 30, 1999

We also have deepened our cooperation through the Common Agenda, including efforts to fight disease, control narcotics, protect endangered species, and preserve the environment.

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Sep 28, 1999

I rise in strong support, of course, of H. Res. 297, a resolution addressing the devastating earthquake that occurred last week in Taiwan and literally decimated major parts of the island. It has become an all too familiar sight: many…

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Sep 28, 1999

Let me assure my colleagues who are listening, who are watching, that the anxieties of the gentleman from Texas are not well taken. This resolution has been carefully drafted. This is a gentleman who is concerned about the promiscuous use…

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Sep 14, 1999

First of all, there is nothing negative about the word ``foreigner'' as used here, and I would remind the gentleman from New Jersey that I have used the term ``permanent resident alien'' frequently in my comments. I would also say the…

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Sep 14, 1999

the foreign contributions prohibition amendment that this Member is offering along with the distinguished gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker) will prohibit foreign individual campaign contributions. It will, in other words, permit them…

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Sep 14, 1999

I think the gentleman has initially found this to be an appropriate problem to solve. He has the solution. I think this should be unanimously supported, and I appreciate his representation of U.S. nationals.

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Sep 14, 1999

Mr. Chairman, campaign finance reform is far afield from my committee assignments; but I think I, like every Member of the House, must focus on this issue because it is of fundamental importance to the American political system. The way…

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Sep 9, 1999

this Member rises tonight to comment on the crisis in East Timor and its broader implications for the political future of Indonesia. This issue was a topic of a hearing of the Committee on International Relations' Subcommittee on Asia and…

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Sep 9, 1999

this member rises today in strong support of the Hinchey/Frelinghuysen amendment which would prohibit funds in the bill from being used by the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement or administer the Veterans Equitable Resource…

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Aug 2, 1999

as vice chairman of the International Relations Committee, this Member rises in strong opposition to the Kucinich amendment which would cut the funding of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation's (OPIC) Investment Fund program. While…

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Aug 2, 1999

as the Vice Chairman of the Committee on International Relations and the original sponsor of H.R. 1152, this Member rises in strong support of the Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999. In introducing this important legislation, this Member was…

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Jul 19, 1999

The fact that it took the Army seven tests to score the first THAAD 'hit' is not an argument against missile defense but an argument for investing more in anti-missile technologies.

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