Famous Quotes & Sayings

CITAC congratulates Congress for repealing the Byrd Amendment. As recently as last month, many experts were saying we would never obtain congressional repeal of the Byrd Amendment during the current session.

But it can only be modified or amended in ways that are satisfactory to the other parties.

But we certainly have encouraged the leadership in Congress to schedule votes on the amendment to be sure every senator and representative will be on record on this amendment before they face the voters in November.

Tom Daschle

Their legislation actually creates a singles penalty that I believe will be the subject of further debate ... their amendment lopsidedly favors those at the very top of the economic scale at the expense of the middle class,

The truth is there is no $1 billion. This amendment is about deception.

This is a good amendment of Bayer's cardiology and hematology portfolio.

Anti-gay rhetoric and campaign tactics are never acceptable. This amendment to the Code of Fair Campaign Practices simply seeks to establish a level playing field that all candidates would be able to follow. Candidates should focus on issues, not attacks on any group of people.

Any discussion about the Wright amendment needs to include the full spectrum of options, including closing Love Field.

Arbitration is rapidly replacing our Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury. The best way to prepare for arbitration is to bend over and grab your ankles.

As a result of our investigation and our contact with the two companies, they have now amended their practices so that consumers will now be able to buy other brands of cars from dealerships that were previously exclusively for BMW, Mini and General Motors.

The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare. This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US Treasury and uses it to line the pockets of private companies that have done nothing to earn it except sign on to antidumping petitions that drive up prices for American consumers.

The Byrd Amendment virtually defines corporate welfare, ... This is a massive payola scheme that takes money out of the US Treasury and uses it to line the pockets of private companies that have done nothing to earn it except sign on to antidumping petitions that drive up prices for American consumers.

Sadly, it is not surprising that Americans' knowledge about the First Amendment is clearly lacking and inadequate.

Rather than make tough choices on spending, the Assembly decided to pass an amendment in the middle of the night without any public hearing and without any study of what the proposal actually does.

Projects like Cape Wind would help put America on the path toward energy independence. This amendment emerges from nowhere, from the back door, from closed rooms.

Private companies can always do what they want, ... I don't think this amendment is going to change business. There's a lot of scaring going on, with folks telling people that if they vote for this, they're discriminating. I can tell you there is no discrimination in our company, and this amendment isn't going to change that.

Rahul Dravid

The one-day series is a chance for us to make amends for our disappointing performance in the final test.

After considering several offers for the company, (the board) has unanimously endorsed and is recommending that shareholders tender to the amended offer. We are satisfied the amended offer constitutes full and fair value for the company.

Actually, it is an extremely stiff penalty for someone who's children were not injured. Their decision shows they recognized they were wrong and want to make amends as soon as possible.

As we look at the state's budget system and recent history, the problems we have are late budgets, out-of-control spending and the nation's highest tax burden. This amendment would make all of them worse.

As was widely reported, an amendment was attached to the Senate version of an appropriations bill which would have categorically banned our transaction, ... It is our understanding that that language has been removed, but the final budget has not been approved.

The more (the government) can figure out who the surfers are, the more peoples' First Amendment rights are in jeopardy.

Chuck Berry

Amendment 38 will undercut Colorado's representative government and the legislative process in a state that already is one of the easiest to initiate ballot measures. Colorado should instead focus on making statewide policy using measured committee review and legislative processes, while bolstering public trust in our elected officials.

Ben Nelson

Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary.

Amen Corner used to be, 'Oh, God, help,' but not anymore. I think we're past that. As long as they don't lengthen the 12th hole I think we are fine, and I don't think we're going to do that.

This issue of the amendment ranks dead last on a list of priorities for voters.

The U.S. Supreme Court has made clear that forcing you to speak when you do not wish to speak raises the same First Amendment free-speech problem as raised when the government prohibits you from speaking." ()

Dick Durbin

The United States Senate learned very little from Littleton, Colorado ... We defeated a sensible amendment that would have at least had a background check at gun shows.

This government can't figure out the difference between legal First Amendment rights to criticize the government and terrorism. So we have cause for concern.

This decision clearly supports the spoken objective of this administration to end the Byrd Amendment and comply with the WTO.

This charter amendment will bring Austin to the forefront of a national movement for accessible, online government and participatory democracy. Information that is critical to your everyday life -- whether you want to build a garage apartment or protest the next big tax giveaway -- will go online in the next year. This will save you time and the city money.

This event is a time for elected officials - many of whom are facing a vote on June 5 on the discriminatory Federal Marriage Amendment - to see the faces of their constituents and see in a very real way that we are about family values, too. One of our core family values is simple, basic equality for all of our family members, and we want our legislators to understand what it means. That's what this day is about.

This amendment would bar the legal recognition for civil unions, domestic partnerships or life partnerships. This non-recognition would extend to opposite sex couples as well as same-sex couples.