#legislation

Fundamentally, legislation that is historic, that is comprehensive, that has a large number of senators supporting it is more durable. ↗

— Max Baucus

#durable #fundamentally #historic #large #large number

President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#counterparts #country #day #equal #equal pay

The Bush administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to bring up comprehensive energy reform or any piece of legislation for that matter that would lower gas prices, opting instead to give massive subsidies to the oil and gas industry. ↗

— Rosa DeLauro

#any #bring #bush #bush administration #comprehensive

While legislation obviously is political, we now have allowed regulation to become politicized, which we believe will likely lead to some bad outcomes. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#bad #become #believe #lead #legislation

We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#sit #weigh #wisdom

This battle for 'common-sense' gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, 'gun control' legislation. Good news - if you're a crook. ↗

— Larry Elder

#battle #common-sense #contest #control #crook

The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death. They're not going to allow us to go forward this year and not have comprehensive bipartisan legislation. It's in everybody's best interest. ↗

— Erskine Bowles

#american #american people #begin #best #bipartisan

I'm pleased the administration is endorsing the need for legislation dealing with the chemical sector. In the past, the administration's position has been ambiguous. ↗

— Susan Collins

#ambiguous #been #chemical #dealing #endorsing

Legislation passed in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 enhanced our intelligence capabilities and strengthened our national defense, but until now our nation's immigration policies have not adapted to the needs of a post-September 11th world. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#aftermath #capabilities #defense #enhanced #immigration

The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it. ↗

— John Conyers

#bush #calling #democratic #democratic party #dubai