#speaker

The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council. ↗

— David Petraeus

#could #council #difficult #during #elected

A good listener truly wants to know the speaker. ↗

— John Powell

#know #listener #speaker #truly #wants

Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness designations. In fact, I cannot recall ever opposing a wilderness bill. ↗

— Nick Rahall

#cannot #committee #ever #fact #half

Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else. ↗

— Ted Rall

#association #because #cartoonists #confused #editorial

President Clinton is going to embrace President Obama, as he should. They are working together. They're different kinds of people. Obama is cool, Clinton is a schmoozer. Both are great speakers. It's a great merging of the party. ↗

— Bill Richardson

#clinton #cool #different #different kinds #embrace

Mr Speaker, I smell a rat; I see him forming in the air and darkening the sky; but I will nip him in the bud. ↗

— Boyle Roche

#bud #forming #him #i #i see

Mr. Speaker, our Nation depends on immigrants' labor, and I hope we can create an immigration system as dependable as they are. ↗

— Luis Gutierrez

#dependable #depends #hope #i #immigrants

George Bush, Dick Cheney, every one of the speakers praised John Kerry's war record. No one said he was unfit. They said he has terrible judgment, and that's his record as a senator. Nobody questioned his military record. ↗

— Peter King

#cheney #dick cheney #every #george #george bush

In his first 100 days, Mr. Obama has put the fate of his presidency in the hands of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He may come to regret that decision. ↗

— Karl Rove

#days #decision #fate #first #hands

Mr. Speaker, the goal of stem cell research should be to help our fellow human beings. The debate on this issue has, unfortunately, moved into dangerous unethical territory when perfectly moral alternatives exist. ↗

— Jim Ryun

#beings #cell #cell research #dangerous #debate