#committee

I was sent there by the Free Congress Committee, headed by Paul Weyrich. Fred Smith and I were sent down as observers, with reporters' credentials, so we could witness the events. ↗

— Dixie Lee Ray

#congress #could #credentials #down #events

I've said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America! ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#america #committee #house #i #i think

We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#donors #first #first time #maybe #million

I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#achieve #am #assure #committee #confirmed

If I am confirmed, I am confident that my colleagues on the Federal Open Market Committee and I will maintain the focus on long-term price stability as monetary policy's greatest contribution to general economic prosperity and maximum employment. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#colleagues #committee #confident #confirmed #contribution

What if Barack Obama established a Presidential Advisory Committee that would meet once every couple of months, bringing together the former presidents for a conference in order to seek their collective wisdom? There is a wealth of experience in former presidents that generally goes untapped. ↗

— Tony Campolo

#barack #barack obama #bringing #collective #committee

And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions yourself instead of deferring to a committee. ↗

— Bernard Cornwell

#books #committee #decisions #deferring #instead

Today, everything has to be made by committee, and has to have special effects, but there's always room for good films. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#committee #effects #everything #films #good

Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#committees #deciding #established #even #film

Any committee that is the slightest use is composed of people who are too busy to want to sit on it for a second longer than they have to. ↗

— Katharine Whitehorn

#busy #committee #composed #longer #people