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Sherwood Boehlert

"The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job."

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"Employment is the biggest form of slavery."

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"The economic base of a nation, is the foundation of the it's secrets."

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"I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about."

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"A farmer is a magician who produces money from the mud."

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"Because of the power that we have given money: The government would rather have taxpayers who do not vote, than voters who do not pay tax."

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"In capitalist nation, all is decided by money."

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"Not every single broke and unemployed person needs a job, some need customers."

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"Civilization transformed man from a food gatherer to a gatherer of pieces of paper: diplomas, employment contracts, money, etc."

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"India is poised to contribute as a new engine of global growth. A larger Indian economy has multiple benefits for the world. India presents a large and growing market. But India is much more than a market. India is a reliable partner; a source of high quality scientific, engineering and managerial talent."

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"India is one of the world economy's brightest spots. We have low inflation, a low balance of payments current account deficit, and a high rate of growth. This is the result of good policy, not good fortune."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"Mr. Speaker, the time for an increase in the minimum wage has not just arrived; it is long overdue."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"We need to reduce or at least limit U.S. demand for oil as quickly as possible, and we need to develop new technologies that can further help address our addiction to oil in the future."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"Well, for starters, we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"Our oil problems are only going to get worse. Our trade balance is only going to get worse. So we have to slow the growth of U.S. oil consumption, particularly imported oil consumption."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job."

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Sherwood Boehlert
"The national minimum wage has not been increased in 9 years. By year's end, 21 States across America will have a minimum wage exceeding the Federal minimum wage."

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"Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome."

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