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Frank Wolf

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Frank Wolf is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Virginia's 10th congressional district from 1981 to 2015. During his tenure, he was known for his work on issues related to transportation, education, and human rights. Wolf served on several committees, including the Appropriations Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping federal funding priorities. He was also a strong advocate for religious freedom and international human rights, often focusing on persecuted minorities around the world.

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Mar 2, 2009

They are potentially a direct threat.

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Mar 2, 2009

America's best days are yet ahead. And the sun has barely begun to rise.

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Mar 2, 2009

What does Trenton make anymore? It should say the world makes and Trenton takes.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think that is going to be a very bleak situation unless some fairly dramatic thing is done.

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Mar 2, 2009

We just can't get it out of this place.

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Mar 2, 2009

We have a commission that puts every spending program on the table.

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Mar 2, 2009

This is the most political, partisan institution. I have served for 28 years that I have ever been in.

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Mar 2, 2009

The country is broke. We are absolutely broke. We have run out of money.

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Mar 2, 2009

I am much more optimistic than I was two months ago.

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Mar 2, 2009

If we don't, I think we will make many things worse, because if we put a lot of money into research and don't have researchers, that money will either go abroad or it will be wasted.

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Mar 2, 2009

I think we have continued to lose ground over the last three years relative to our competitors abroad.

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Mar 2, 2009

China is a dictatorial country that is persecuting its people.

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Mar 2, 2009

I do not know what this Administration's budget will show. The last Administration was not very, very supportive of it.

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Mar 2, 2009

Where is Mayor Fenty on speaking out on the issue of whether or not this should continue?

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Mar 2, 2009

To the credit of the Washington Post, they have editorialized twice against the Congress for abolishing and ending that.

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Mar 2, 2009

Let me just send a message to Mayor Fenty.

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Mar 2, 2009

The media, quite frankly, whoever is with the New York Times, you are just not doing your job.

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Mar 2, 2009

If those numbers are accurate, and I am going to ask my staff to check it out and we will put them in the record, that is very bad for our country.

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Mar 2, 2009

I am a great believer that the United States should lead by example and in cooperation.

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Mar 2, 2009

Our economy is very dependent upon, the globalization of the world is dependent upon space.

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Mar 2, 2009

It is my recollection it was a $150 million increase in aeronautics, which in effect doubles the research budget of the aeronautics program of NASA.

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Mar 2, 2009

Let us not repeat the Cold War and have some sort of a race to someplace we have already been.

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Mar 2, 2009

NASA needs to be at the table when these decisions are being made, and when, frankly, when the money is being passed out.

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Mar 2, 2009

If we had given science all the money we gave AIG, can you imagine how they would be doing?

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