Political Quotes

Lester Johnson

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Feb 28, 2012

I strongly disagree with the policies of this administration.

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Feb 14, 2012

I think there is a great deal of agreement, certainly what I found, I would say consensus in Washington that we actually need to reform our Tax Code.

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Feb 14, 2012

Enforceable spending controls, like the CAP Act, and a constitutional amendment to limit the size of government must first be passed.

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Feb 14, 2012

A bicameral sunset committee should be established with the sole mandate of identifying Federal rules, regulations and laws that do more harm than good.

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Feb 14, 2012

The real long-term looming crisis in terms of our budget is entitlements, Medicare and Social Security.

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Feb 14, 2012

A regulation moratorium should be put in place until measures like the United Kingdom's one-in/one-out rule and the REINS Act can be enacted.

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Feb 14, 2012

I am all for increasing revenue, but let's do it the old-fashioned way by actually getting economic growth.

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Feb 14, 2012

Let's look at what we agree on. We agree on reforming government, we agree on pro growth tax reform, so let's actually start doing it this year.

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Nov 2, 2011

Mr. Chairman, I testified before a panel that the CFTC put together a year or so ago, and after our research at Public Citizen, we deemed that high-frequency traders do not serve a legitimate function in these markets.

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Nov 2, 2011

It is clear that they are not serving a legitimate market function. It is clearly disadvantaging those that are seeking to enter the market for legitimate hedging purposes.

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Oct 19, 2011

the reality is different because if you are really going to rely on local districts or local governments we would not be increasing the size of FEMA.

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