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.

Quotes by year · 1998–2010442 total · peak 2009 (237)
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Sep 21, 2010

Then why do you submit your reports to the SEC so they can redact anything, to prevent the public and our Committee from knowing exactly what you said in the report?

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Sep 21, 2010

I mean, that to me is criminal negligence, and the sooner they get him before a U.S. court, the better I will like it.

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Sep 21, 2010

Five weeks is a pretty good time to be able to read the report and, according to the Inspector General, redact those things that should not be made public.

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Sep 21, 2010

This is a stunning case, knowing that the SEC has changed hands and things, that they would not jump down this after the Madoff--Bernie--after his case hit the papers.

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Sep 21, 2010

Your job is to protect the investor.

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Sep 21, 2010

But the SEC for 13 years has sat on their hands. So if you do not get the Justice Department involved in this, shame on you as the Inspector General.

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Sep 21, 2010

It is approximately $8 billion. We drink more than that in a week up here.

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Sep 21, 2010

Let me get one thing straight. You are the Inspector General for the SEC, correct?

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Sep 21, 2010

Ask the people in Texas and Louisiana.

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Sep 21, 2010

It seems impossible and outrageous that it took 8 years from the time that possible fraud was identified before the SEC spent any energy on enforcing the law.

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Sep 21, 2010

FEMA needs to do a little recalculating.

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Sep 21, 2010

How would you grade the bill the Senate passed in the last Congress and the bill that recently passed the House in terms of improving the relationships between the premium property owners pay and their actual risk?

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