Quotes About Policy

As federal lawmakers, we have a responsibility to set a precedent for energy efficient practices.

We will trade freely with free nations and not spend our time chasing trade deals with predatory countries like communist China.

One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'

Those who claim that to leave the E.U. would damage the City are the very same as those who in the past confidently predicted, with a classic failure of understanding, that the City would be gravely damaged if the U.K. failed to adopt the euro as its currency.

I don't think we should run government based on economists' predictions.

Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.

Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars.

I still favor alternatives to governmental race-based preferences.

If you know a lot about something and apply that information to a vote that matches your policy preferences, your opinion quality is high.

You want to know what judicial activism is? Judicial activism is judges imposing their policy preferences on the words of the Constitution.

My predecessor, P. W. Botha, had an inner circle, and I did not like it. I preferred decisions to evolve out of cabinet discussions. That way, we achieved real co-ownership of our policies.

Before 9/11, our defense policy was based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights; we will never be an aggressor.

All political debates, from tax policy to abortion, draw on moral arguments that rest on religious premises.

The Labour perspective is often very preoccupied with either the super-rich or those who don't have work - but doesn't have nearly enough to say to those who do have work, on incomes that may not mean they get benefits or tax credits, but are not well off people.

Yet since the 1950s, little has been done to prepare for our country's current or future energy needs.

It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs.

No child should be expelled from preschool. And so we are calling on school districts around the country to end that practice. That benefits every child.

When you have a senior citizen who can't afford her prescription medicine, Washington is broken.

The success of a particular policy prescription is always a gamble.

I think we can build broad bipartisan support for bringing down prescription drug costs.

What's the difference between me and Mark Udall on contraception? I believe the pill ought to be available over the counter, around the clock, without a prescription. Cheaper and easier for you.

How long do we have to keep fighting for affordable prescription drugs?

We need a human presence at the border and a humane presence at the border.

I think our leadership is now seized of the fact that we have a problem with the youth vote and it might be an idea to get into an intelligent place, both in policy making and in terms of the presentation of our values around freedom and responsibility.