Political Quotes

Gene Taylor: “If I may, since I have seen a tendency for some people in the bureaucracy of government to somehow lose sight of the…”

On the recordNovember 12, 2002
If I may, since I have seen a tendency for some people in the bureaucracy of government to somehow lose sight of the value of our veterans, would you consider a letter to that extent to the Secretary? The Secretary has got a lot of things on his plate. Maybe he does not deal with individuals to the extent that you and I as representatives of 700,000 people do, but would you consider a letter to the Secretary along those lines telling him of our strong interest in accomplishing just that?
Said by
Gene Taylor
Mississippi
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the importance of advocating for veterans' issues with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Gene Taylor

Mar 24, 2009

It really does gripe me that when the Block 1 cruisers were retired at less than 20 years, that was a terrible waste of the taxpayers' resource.

congress.gov
Feb 3, 2009

I think everyone on this committee was very frustrated with the attitude taken under the previous Secretary of Defense (SECDEF).

congress.gov
Jun 29, 2006

So if the State wished to have a ban for 12 miles from the shoreline or 12 miles out from the barrier islands, that would be within their jurisdiction under this bill?

govinfo.gov
Feb 20, 2006

I had a tin roof on my house. There are pieces of my tin roof 20 to 30 feet up in trees behind where my house used to be, kind of wrapped around and sort of like a taco shell. When they came back with my claim and said there was no wind…

transcripts.cnn.com
View all Gene Taylor quotes

Other voices in this conversation