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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Jul 20, 2010

Now we have handed you a job, in my mind, that is damn near impossible.

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Jul 15, 2010

I think it was a huge mistake. I voted against the bill, and now I wish to take some time to explain why. The short explanation is the bill does not address the causes of the financial crisis and instead it sows the seed of the next…

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Jun 21, 2010

I was pleased to hear President Obama mention coal to liquids as an important part of our energy strategy in his State of the Union Address earlier this year. That is why I am surprised to see coal to liquids deliberately excluded from the…

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Jun 21, 2010

The article describes the efforts of the Crow Nation to build a coal-to-liquids plant on a reservation in Montana in one of the poorest counties in the entire Nation. The project will be designed with carbon capture and storage. The Crow…

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Jun 10, 2010

I rise today to strongly support the senior Senator from Alaska's resolution of disapproval over the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. The EPA has completely overstepped its…

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May 18, 2010

I am troubled by self-determination and a certain way to self-determine if, not allowing the people to vote on what they want is not the proper way to self-determine.

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May 17, 2010

It seems our policy is stuck between a law that is so bureaucratic that it paralyzes action and a practice of not using the law, which at this accident might show can possibly lead to tragedy.

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May 17, 2010

We need to keep our heads cool and all of this in perspective as we move through this disaster.

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May 17, 2010

Did we get lax because we had no accidents over 40 years? Or what happened?

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May 17, 2010

Whoever made this mess has to clean it up.

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May 5, 2010

I do not think a market maker should be able to get out of the market they are making the markets in that stock under any circumstances, unless they are belly up.

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May 5, 2010

I think there comes a time when you take emergency actions, and if we are in that situation and in a market situation where we need emergency powers, all you have to do is come here and ask.

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