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John Boehner

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Jan 16, 2008

And if we're going to act, we need to act sooner, rather than later.

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Dec 17, 2007

When you have a bill of 3,500 pages, you can find a few reasons to vote for the bill and you can probably find a whole lot of reasons to vote against the bill.

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Oct 29, 2007

I think there's an awful lot of wasteful Washington spending in these earmarks. And I'm doing my best to try to control it.

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Oct 29, 2007

Every bill that comes to the floor of the House that has an earmark in it, it has to be disclosed with the member's name on it, and the member has to be willing to defend it.

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May 22, 2007

Publicly, the leader of the House Republicans, Ohio's John Boehner, says it's an important measure.

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May 22, 2007

The National Journal says, he met with Republican operatives and called it a 'piece of (EXPLETIVE DELETED) bill.'

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May 1, 2007

We need a bill that allows our troops to be funded, allows them to do their work, and allows them to continue to try to achieve victory in Iraq.

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Apr 24, 2007

What was said by the general and others is that that would not be helpful to his cause and, quite frankly, went on to say that it would be -- it would hurt the very cause that we seek to win there.

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Apr 24, 2007

A lot of the sectarian violence is being backed by Iran, has been caused by Iran.

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Feb 10, 2007

I think what we ought to do is we ought to have full disclosure, full disclosure of all of the money that we raise and how it is spent. And I think that sunlight is the best disinfectant.

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Jan 10, 2007

Ethical stem cell alternatives continue to flourish in the scientific community.

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Oct 18, 2006

I believe I talked to the speaker, and he told me it had been taken care of.

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Oct 18, 2006

What he wants to do, Anderson, is sort of portray himself as part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.

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Oct 18, 2006

I made myself clear on the record for the last three weeks. And I told the Ethics Committee today the same thing that I have told many of you.

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Oct 5, 2006

And he told me it had been taken care of. And -- and in -- in my position, it's in his corner. It's his responsibility.

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Oct 2, 2006

I believe I talked to the Speaker and he told me it had been taken care of. And in my position, it's in his corner. It's his responsibility.

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Oct 2, 2006

I believe I talked to the speaker, and he told me it had been taken care of. And in my position, it's in his corner, it's his responsibility.

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Jun 15, 2006

Let's be clear here: Those who say this is a war of choice are nothing more than wrong. This is a war of necessity that we must fight.

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