Quotes About Policy

While we don't have the authority on the state level to change federal policy, my fellow governors and I do have a duty to protect our states' citizens, and we have a personal responsibility to act when we have the power to do so.

Education needs to be personalized and flexible, which means education policy needs to originate from our local communities and not from some bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.

I am very much opposed to abortion personally. But I don't think it is the government's rule.

Personally, I'd be really glad to have a national conversation about whether to outlaw most forms of birth control. For once, the kids and their grandparents would find themselves on the same side.

I expect Congress to continue to work on that, to secure the border, to invest in smart technology, and in personnel that makes a difference there.

We need a really credible perspective toward long-term de-carbonization.

I have been a Republican, and I've worked in Republican circles for so long, and I know that there are really smart, good policy ideas that are grounded in conservative ideology that could be persuasive for women, especially in an election where no one was really excited about either candidate.

There is no meaningful or persuasive constitutional distinction between semiautomatic handguns and semiautomatic rifles.

Social media companies like Twitter and Facebook get to decide whether or not you get pertinent information about national security issues in your country.

That's not the way the government works. You can't just take $1 billion from this program, $1 billion from over here, and then put it toward your pet project.

The United States is the only advanced country that permits the pharmaceutical industry to charge exactly what the market will bear, whatever it wants.

I come from a Latin nation that had an open policy with the U.S. My parents moved right to Florida, opened a pharmacy, and had me.

Without economic growth and job creation in Mexico, we won't be able to confront the migratory phenomenon.

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.

The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.

The Philippines has no policy that demands sacrifice of human lives.

The digitization of our society is a challenge that is both legislative and philosophical.

It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.

I'm someone who believes in centrist governing philosophy.

The phrase 'perception is reality' is overused generally. But perception can be reality in monetary policy. The bond market doesn't act merely on what it sees. It acts on what it expects of the Fed or the government.

A few colleagues and I began Doctors for America with a simple belief that physicians should play a leadership role in designing and running our nation's health care system.

I think with election conducted with pick and choose policy, injustice has been done to Punjab and Punjabiyat.

I have picked the very, very best deputy that I could. David Parker is a fantastic guy. He's a person who I trust absolutely. He's got a wonderful sense for policy. He will be great on organisation, and I know that I could not have a better deputy.

One of the most interesting things that I'm seeing of the Trump picks is such a heavy business and financial focus. I can't help but feel like this is going to throw a lot of policy weight and details back to Congress, because these are not people who have a lot of experience drafting legislation.