#mer

We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake or terrorist attack hits, we won't necessarily have advance alerts or opportunities to double- and triple-check our plans. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#alerts #ample #assume #attack #cannot

After working for 14 years on Wall Street and growing up in a family with strong roots in small business, I know how important the entrepreneurial spirit is to attaining the American dream. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#american #american dream #attaining #business #dream

At a time when we are facing threats from nations such as North Korea and Iran, and attempting to convince others such as India and Pakistan to become responsible nuclear powers, it is vital that America reclaims the leadership we once had on arms control. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#arms #attempting #become #control #convince

Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to come, my Republican colleagues refused to include it in today's legislation and America's middle class will surely suffer that choice greatly. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#america #choice #class #colleagues #come

The President today once again took the opportunity to reiterate his old, failed national security strategies and present them to the American people as new, dynamic ideas intended to better protect the American people. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#american #american people #better #dynamic #failed

I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#american public #connection #finally #gets #got

I tried to do the commercial thing. But I don't want to keep shoving Twinkies down everyone's throat. People are hungry for something of more substance. ↗

— Lili Taylor

#down #everyone #hungry #i #i tried

The Blues scene now is international. In the '50s it was purely something that you would hear in black clubs, played by black musicians, especially in America. But from the '60s onwards it changed. ↗

— Mick Taylor

#black #blues #changed #clubs #especially

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another. ↗

— Henry John Temple

#man #merit #opinion

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#i #just #keep #merit #play