Quotes About Policy

I don't know what's going to happen specifically on votes on Obamacare. I suspect we'll vote to repeal early to put on record the fact that we Republicans think it's a bad policy, and we think it's hurting our constituents, and we think health care cost should be going down, not up.

Congress votes for things the military doesn't want, and planes and other weaponry that cost a lot but don't work.

Everyone who votes for us will know that a Northern League government would get rid of the euro and move back to a national currency.

Chet Edwards votes for every bailout and against ending any bailout!

We have people who will take votes that they can't defend. They'll say they stand for a policy, but when it comes to vote for it, they won't take the vote.

Ever since the 1980s and the Moral Majority, evangelicals have been loyal to the Republican Party, giving their votes in return for promises on abortion, family, and other arenas of policy which promised them protection for their churches and their priorities.

On Islam, it is true that I am tough. Perhaps tougher than I should be if my only aim was to get votes.

You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy.

I knew that if we were going to actually defeat Harry Reid, we had to have a candidate who would offer a sharp policy contrast. Someone who would not just pay lip service to limited government principles, but had a solid record of voting that way time and again. I'm that candidate.

Historically, the responsibility for voting on the debt limit has gone to the party in the majority.

I sort of have this feeling about change in general. We can make baby steps on a macro level. We can try to shift policy, voting and changing who's in office. But we can make huge, sweeping changes on a personal level and in your immediate circle, or just the people around you.

Voting is the only way to make change in a democracy.

We need to, in my opinion, to restore the full strength of the federal Voting Rights Act.

I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.

If all schools become privatized in the U.S., the poor wouldn't be given vouchers for 'school choice.' They would have no choices.

I'm totally opposed to vouchers. I will fight them tooth and nail.

Many of those who argue for vouchers say that they simply want to use competition to improve public education. I don't think it works that way, and I've been watching this for a longtime.

President Bush and I had asked Congress to appropriate a half-billion dollars to school vouchers. We didn't get it, and we were disappointed. But we did not go out and form a corporation to pay for it. That would have been a problem.

It's a lovely thing to see intelligent argument, unbending principle and policy go up against demagoguery, nativism and vulgar name-calling.

I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum.

Fiscal policy should balance growth, equity, and sustainability concerns, including protecting society's most vulnerable.

Often, those with the most to lose as a result of a poor policy move are the most vulnerable and most marginalized. Those folks need a voice, and I will endeavor to be that voice.

It's fashionable to speak about vulnerable populations in medicine and public policy, but it's harder to find a more vulnerable population than those who are dying.

Maryland is among the nation's most vulnerable states to the effects of sea level rise from climate change, and we are taking strong action to reduce carbon pollution.