Political Quotes

Howard Metzenbaum

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Mar 23, 1994

today I am introducing the Reemployment and Retraining Act of 1994, an initiative proposed by the Clinton administration to revitalize assistance to dislocated workers. Our economy is finally emerging from a long recession. In the first…

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Mar 9, 1994

I am a little confused now when you mention the Kassebaum amendment because the Kassebaum amendment, as you well know, has to do with airplane manufacturers' liability, a totally unrelated subject. Are you now suggesting that this matter…

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Mar 9, 1994

I have been around here a long time. I understand when you lose a vote, tabling 65 to 35, it is pretty hard to defeat it the second time around. You may even lose some of those. But I just feel so strongly, so deeply about this whole…

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Feb 24, 1994

we were all shocked on Wednesday to learn that a senior CIA case officer had been arrested and charged with being a spy for the Soviet Union and later for the Russian Federation. It is almost beyond belief that he had allegedly been…

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Feb 22, 1994

I come to the floor to congratulate the Federal Communications Commission for ordering a further reduction in cable rates. But I warn all cable consumers that you will not see that reduction unless you or a local official in your community…

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Feb 10, 1994

If the Senator from West Virginia assures us he will do the best he can that it will remain in, that is satisfactory.

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Feb 10, 1994

I rise today on behalf of myself and Senator Chafee, to introduce legislation to address one of the saddest consequences of the proliferation of guns in this country--injuries and deaths of hundreds of children and thousands of others from…

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Feb 9, 1994

The net result would be that the statute of limitations with respect to all savings and loans would be extended at least until December 31, 1995, or ending on the date of the termination of the corporation, whichever is later. I think this…

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Feb 8, 1994

I am prepared to extend the statute retroactively to make the same law that is operable at the present time, no limitations, no changes, just extend it retroactively. We have the right under the court's decisions to extend the statute…

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Feb 8, 1994

I made no violation of the rules. I know the rules of the Senate. I just talked about certain speeches being what I think they are, 'Alfonse in Wonderland.' Day after day, the junior Senator, with furrowed brow, tells us of his heartfelt…

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Feb 8, 1994

last week I took the floor in response to some statements by the junior Senator from New York. I described my friend's daily speeches as getting ``curiouser and curiouser,'' a description I lifted from a prominent work of literary fiction…

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Feb 8, 1994

I say to my colleague that we will present the Senator from New York with a draft of such legislation within the hour, before 5 o'clock. I would hope that I could have a response by 6 o'clock. It will not be complicated legislation. We…

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