Political Quotes

William Helms

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Apr 11, 1994

during the final 2 or 3 days prior to the Senate's Easter recess, the distinguished majority leader, Mr. Mitchell, and Senator Kennedy, conducted another one of those--I am not sure what you call it but I am going to call it a filibuster…

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Apr 11, 1994

the Goals 2000 conferees dropped the Helms-Lott school prayer amendment. But on March 21, 1994, the House of Representatives again overwhelmingly voted to approve the precise language of the Helms-Lott prayer amendment by a vote of 345 to…

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Feb 4, 1994

Mr. President, I imagine that we are going to hear on the Senate floor how those who are most vocal about prohibiting the schools from even mentioning religious principles or allowing voluntary prayer are often those who are most vocal in…

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Feb 4, 1994

before I finish, I feel the Record should reflect at least a few of the statistics concerning the rate of failure of condoms as mentioned in the Washington Times article, because it is almost criminal that our children are being given…

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Feb 4, 1994

what the American people instinctively understand--and what the social engineers masquerading as health officials conveniently ignore--is that by handing out these condoms, the Government and the public schools are saying: It is OK, go…

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Feb 4, 1994

the pending amendment is obviously intended to put an end to the distribution of condoms to children in the public schools without the consent of the children's parents. The amendment has the support of almost 75 percent of the American…

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Feb 4, 1994

I rarely find myself in agreement with the rulings of the New York State Court of Appeals. They are on one side of the political spectrum, and I am on the other. But a panel of this court, the New York State Court of Appeals, sitting in…

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Feb 4, 1994

The holding from the court overturning the New York City Schools' condom policy decreed: The petitioner parents are being compelled by State authority to send their children into an environment where they will be permitted, even…

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Jan 31, 1994

No, it is not. We are not talking about anybody on the job. We are talking about what has been proposed by a majority of two on the Foreign Relations Committee, are we not?

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Jan 31, 1994

None of us favor unreasonable implementation of anything. Having said what I have said in criticism of this sort of thing that has been going on, let me say in my 21 years in the Senate, I have hundreds of examples of where U.S. Embassies…

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Jan 31, 1994

Senator Pell has stated it correctly. He stated that it is his opinion. He carefully delineated between what is fact and what is opinion. Now, that is the reason I respect Senator Pell. I have enjoyed working with him on the committee…

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