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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Oct 14, 1990

I believe everyone here knows that we need to move up and get control of the United States Senate if we're going to bring Nebraska values to Washington.

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George H.W. Bush
@georgehwbush· Republican · TX· Nov 29, 1989

On December 1, World AIDS Day, there will be a commemoration in Washington to remember all those with HIV infection and all who have died from it.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 21, 1978

I believe that we're ready for him, and I believe with your help, he'll be in Washington next January to help me.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Sep 21, 1978

I thought it was bad, but when I got to Washington, it was a lot worse than I thought it was.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Jan 5, 1978

I am happy to renew my invitation to the alliance to hold that meeting in Washington on May 30 and 31.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Oct 26, 1976

That is what we really want--the money to go to your school districts directly with a minimum of red tape as far as Washington, D.C., is concerned.

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Gerald Ford
@geraldford· Republican · MI· Nov 3, 1974

Every eligible voter will be sending a message to Washington and to the world.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Dec 3, 1973

We are happy that you and your wife will be able to visit not only Washington but a number of other cities in our country.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 31, 1972

I was determined to end the logjam of power in an ever centralizing Washington bureaucracy and to strengthen government at the grass roots.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 27, 1972

I believe that the Government in Washington is taking too much money out of your pocket.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 20, 1972

In government, when a central authority in Washington tells people across the country how they should conduct their lives, that, too, is paternalism.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Dec 16, 1970

I have welcomed you before to Washington, D.C., and to this house, but it is a special privilege to welcome you for the first time as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Jan 10, 1967

DONE at the City of Washington this eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninety-first.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1966

One of the first contributions I made in the legislative field when I came to Washington was when we passed the first minimum wage bill through the Congress of the United States.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 13, 1966

Even before I came to Washington as a young man, I noticed how many men said what had to be done could not be done.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 7, 1966

So be sure that by your visit to Washington, by your concern for your Nation's future, you are making a good start toward spreading that light.

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