“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

Political Quotes

Kent Conrad

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Kent Conrad is a former United States Senator from North Dakota, serving from 1993 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on fiscal policy and budget issues, particularly as the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Throughout his tenure, Conrad advocated for responsible budgeting and was involved in discussions surrounding Social Security and healthcare reform. He played a significant role in shaping policies that impacted both North Dakota and the nation as a whole.

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Feb 24, 2009

All of us who participated in supporting that bear responsibility.

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Feb 24, 2009

I think derivatives, while probably the vast majority of it is completely legitimate, the part that was not was the assessment of risk.

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Feb 11, 2009

the minority is not going to be willing to neutralize or significantly adjust its rights here if it would affect the ability to make our points.

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Feb 11, 2009

reconciliation goes directly against that. Directly against that.

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Feb 11, 2009

I think we need as a body to think very, very carefully about do we want reconciliation to be used in that way.

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Feb 11, 2009

I have no interest in restricting the rights of the minority.

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Feb 11, 2009

I think we do have a real challenge if so many new Senators do not know the history here.

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Feb 11, 2009

I think we had better think very carefully about that as we go into this new Presidency.

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Feb 11, 2009

One of the great things about the U.S. Senate is nothing is ever settled.

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Feb 11, 2009

I think I could be persuaded on reconciliation.

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Feb 11, 2009

There is no single element of Senate rules that goes more against minority rights than reconciliation that I know of.

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Feb 11, 2009

It was nice to hear Senator Byrd say that this would be a good time to have some civilized discussion about procedures around here.

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