“This is not a shirts-and-skins issue. This is not a blue/red issue.”
“You're seeing a shift. The American people are growing weary of this war and what's happening.”
“Let’s be clear, if you’re a single mom, you cannot compete with Wall Street. They will outbid you every time, and so this is about fairness.”
““I am happy to know you. I hope that one day we shall have the opportunity to discuss the affairs of our country.””

Political Quotes

Richard Burr

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Richard Burr is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from North Carolina since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, Burr has focused on issues such as veterans' health care and the relationship between the Department of Veterans Affairs and academic institutions. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving services for veterans and enhancing the efficiency of government programs.

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Jul 21, 2009

I value the Michigan lighthouses, value the North Carolina lighthouses. I have a real problem anytime we look back at things that we did and forget the reasons that we did them.

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Jul 21, 2009

Let me work with you to identify some other areas that potentially might have an interest in funding some of this preservation.

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Jul 21, 2009

I believe that the best accomplishment I could enjoy is to have the transformation initiative that is coordinated out of the Office of Policy and Planning trickle through in the best possible way.

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Jul 21, 2009

It authorizes $20 million a year for each of those 3 years.

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Jul 21, 2009

I have seen some of the best try and only attain marginal success.

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Jul 21, 2009

Let me make you this promise today.

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Jul 13, 2009

The statistics do not lie. In 1990, there were 1.2 million women veterans. Today, there are 1.8 million.

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Jul 13, 2009

The VA plans to have gynecologists available at each of the VA's 144 health care systems by 2012.

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Jul 13, 2009

The report's recommendations, I think, have been well-received throughout the veterans' community.

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Jul 13, 2009

Well, do you agree with the statement that I made that we've actually had a decrease in the number of women seeking gender-specific health care services at the VA from last year to this year?

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Jun 28, 2009

The Philadelphia VAMC's brachytherapy program has been suspended since June 2008.

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