#committee

If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision, and courage. These things are rarely produced by committees. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. ↗

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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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

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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

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The review process was conducted in an extremely bipartisan manner. Minority members of the Judiciary Committee were responsible for the invitation of 1/3 of the witnesses who appeared. ↗

— Jo Bonner

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And in that confirmation process, I sat for 17 hours in front of a senate judiciary committee. ↗

— Stephen Breyer

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The vast amount of waste and sheer stupidity in government - from the Pentagon to the Food and Drug Administration - could fill committee agendas for years. ↗

— Tom Coburn

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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

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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

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

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Jim, I'm not aware of any formal requests from the Senate Judiciary Committee for these kinds of documents. ↗

— Alberto Gonzales

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