Quotes About Policy

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Everyone depending on foreign fuels are all too inclined, it seems, to let jobs leave this country.

I don't have a problem with enhanced border security, perhaps to include fencing. I think the mistake is believing that border security is as simple as just putting up a wall from sea to shining sea.

I hope any government formed in Egypt will understand there is no choice but to maintain the framework of international agreements, which include the peace agreement with Israel.

The government should include menstrual hygiene in the curriculum.

I will continue to enforce all the laws, including illegal immigration. Nothing changes.

If governments start to go it alone on trade, it will become harder, not easier, to generate the jobs and rising incomes that angry electorates want.

What I favor is that we have health care access to people that is not income based. We have to have health care that is acceptable and it's going to come in a number of forms.

For a nation, the choices that determine whether income doubles in one generation or two dwarf all other economic policy concerns.

There's a lot to be said for expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit.

We need to increase deportations.

The increase in coal production and the efficiency in coal movement are all administrative things that can add a lot to the economic growth.

When you increase the cost of energy, jobs go elsewhere.

Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot.

We should be extremely cautious about continuing to increase sentences as a routine response to concerns over crime.

Many of the environmental rules not only fail to protect the natural environment, they actually increase the damage.

Look, I don't dispute that the deficit has increased.

The benefit of appointing a hawkish central banker is the increased inflation-fighting credibility that such an appointment brings.

Increased spending, all these favors that we got to do for people - it's got to stop.

As we all know, the budget decisions which give rise to increased debt are what counts, and the debt is just a by-product of those budget decisions.

I'm for increased funding for the Centers for Disease Control.

An increase in bicycle ridership brings an increased need for measures to ensure the safety of cyclists.

We've briefed hundreds of members of Congress to raise our concerns about China and its increased efforts to impact the U.S. policy climate in its favor.

I support tax revenue increases, including the top 2 percent, but only if accompanied by responsible spending limits. The key is balance.