And I have been fooled by some things and some things have gone past me and I woke up after it had already passed me. This is not one of those things that was going to do that. Of course, we can have a vote on it, and, of course, it can be…
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.
I paid for it, and I paid for it out of stimulus money. We passed in this body just last week a pay-go that is extended to all the bills that come through this body. We passed a bill earlier this week on which we did not do pay-go. We did…
I rise today in the Senate to pay tribute to the Campbellsville University Lady Tigers of Campbellsville, KY. On December 5, 2009, the Lady Tigers Volleyball team won the National Christian College Athletic Association Division I Women's…
If it is going to be done, it has to be done in the Congress of the United States to get everybody cooperating, both Rs and Ds.
During my time in Congress, which has been unbelievably long... I have worked to advance the creation of a strong domestic fuel industry.
Isn't it time--not only that this administration and other administrations have just failed to pursue nuclear power as an alternative--when we, in fact, are--if we want a green energy production of electricity, particularly electricity…
If we're going to have a greener America, nuclear power has got to be at the top of the list.
You have created zombie banks that are only enriching their traders and executives.
Now, if that statement was true and you had acted according to it, I might be supporting your nomination today.