07/08/2004
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"The targeted tax increase would reduce the Nation's energy security rather than improve it."
"An artificial timetable of withdrawal would say to an enemy, just wait them out; it would say to the Iraqis, don't do hard things necessary to achieve our objectives; and it would be discouraging for ..."
"We are united by an unyielding principle, and that is, all men are created equal."
"Industries should be taxed on a level playing field, and that field should be leveled by lowering rates, not by raising them."