Political Quotes

Jim Bunning

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Jim Bunning is a former United States Senator from Kentucky, serving from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bunning was known for his strong conservative positions and advocacy for fiscal responsibility. Before his political career, he was a professional baseball player, notably a pitcher in Major League Baseball, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Bunning's tenure in the Senate included a focus on issues such as energy policy and workers' compensation reform, often criticizing the Department of Energy's handling of compensation programs for workers.

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Dec 2, 2009

Not only did you continue that policy when you think control of the Fed, but you supported every Greenspan rate decision.

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Dec 2, 2009

You have created zombie banks that are only enriching their traders and executives.

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Dec 1, 2009

How about the Federal Reserve's zero-based tax or zero-based interest rates. Who do you think that hurts?

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Dec 1, 2009

Ninety-five percent of all our electric generation in Kentucky is done by coal-fired generation.

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Dec 1, 2009

We've got to do it quickly, then, because we really need jobs.

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Dec 1, 2009

We need to be careful of moving too quickly in addressing the issue of climate change especially as we are still debating the science behind it.

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Dec 1, 2009

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I feel for you, because I went through the same thing last week.

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Dec 1, 2009

I support common sense options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will achieve immediate and long-term results.

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Dec 1, 2009

If the United States takes it upon themselves to implement--whatever--a carbon tax, a cap-and-trade bill, or whatever--if we don't have a global agreement with China, Russia, India, whoever, who have said to us, flat out, 'We're not going…

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Dec 1, 2009

I've got 40 grandkids. They're not going to be able to pay the bill.

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Dec 1, 2009

That's very important to understand.

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