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"I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part."
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"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."
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"A house in the country is not the same as a country house."
"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."
"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."
"That country is the richest which nourishes the greatest number of noble and happy human beings."
"One year after the United States led the invasion of Iraq, the country remains extremely dangerous not only to our troops, but also to the stability of the world."
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"Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to have to help people who are without work, without a job, help them have health insurance."
"We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved."
"But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana."
"I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better."
"Well, Judy, I would hope in the new year, we could start thinking about politics not like it was the Super Bowl, where you always have to have one team that wins and the other team has to be a loser."
"And the issues I think are important in Louisiana right now happen to be health care and education. And those are two areas that the federal government can play a very important role. And I think I can be effective in trying to help our state from the Washington scene."
"I am pleased to see that information campaigns, such as the America's WETLAND effort, are getting the message out, and people are beginning to realize that wetlands loss in Louisiana affects us all."
"My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property."
"When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense.'"
"There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority."
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