Famous Quotes & Sayings

We are always looking for people to fill committees and work on other projects.

Karen Smith

We are planning to set up a committee to offer resource help to those who may decide to take families into their own homes. That would be the goal of a steering committee.

The high esteem in which the Nobel Prizes are held is undoubtedly due to the conscientious way in which the Committees have discharged a heavy responsibility.

You know, fate intervened. I went on to the DCMS committee to have a quieter life before the phone hacking scandal broke, and then ended up investigating the company that had libelled me previously when I was a minister.

E. O. Wilson

Nobody on the committee could even define what it means. So how can an employer?

One of the most frustrating things serving on that committee that I have observed is the American public doesn't understand the need for infrastructure, and they're not willing to pay the price,

Mr. Duncan will testify on Jan. 24 if the Committee votes to grant him immunity.

Mr. Dreier would have had to give up his chairmanship of the Rules Committee to move to another position, and that's not something that he wanted to do.

John Curry

Me and my committee will make that decision as we go through our screening.

Jane Harman

My job as ranking member is about being a partner in making the committee effective.

No decision has been made regarding a Senate Judiciary Committee rule that permits any committee member to request a one-week postponement of a committee vote.

Lucille Roybal-Allard

During consideration in the Education and the Workforce Committee this year, Democrats and Republicans worked constructively together to improve the delivery of Head Start services to the target populations.

I am sure that the committee will want to look at this. This is something everyone in society will be very concerned about.

Sharad Pawar

More information on the earlier lines was placed before the working committee by the treasurer. The matter was discussed and it was decided to leave the matter to the discretion of the president.

My goal is to set up a community committee to look at the physical needs of the campuses, and decide how to prioritize expenditures.

Leonard Slatkin

NSO management made the recommendation to the executive committee of the board, who made the appointment.

Getting out of committee is a huge hurdle. We are extremely fearful that it will continue to move forward.

Frankly we haven't decided yet ... the Judiciary Committee has not completed its work.

I expect the Judiciary Committee to conduct a fair and dignified hearing in a timely manner, followed by an up or down vote by the Senate.

Richard Shelby

I have been confident that the committee would dismiss this matter, and I was pleased to learn of their decision to do just that,

I have a committee back there right now. Maybe eventually one of them will step up and get away from the others, but right now there isn't a whole lot separating them.

I feel that the committee followed UIL directives and UIL procedures.

I feel like we worked hard all season, whatever the committee decides they decide. We stayed focused, we think the Big Ten title helped.

Growth has come back and there's still some further improvement left in the pipeline. I think the sentiment on the rate-setting committee is also evolving. With the data continuing to improve we could see a 9-0 vote fairly soon.

Jim Webb

I have decided to launch an Exploratory Committee to examine whether I should run for President in 2016.

Orrin Hatch

I am convinced that these responses show no inconsistencies or evidence that Mr. Olson misled or was less than truthful to the committee in any way. Rather, they show him to be forthright and honest,

I am in the legal committee , so I will make sure it gets through for a final vote when it gets to my committee. It will go through unless I get struck by lightening.

Paul Tagliabue

We've talked about no fewer than six and no more than eight (members). But that's not set in concrete. We had some discussion with the owners about whether the committee should be one owner for each division, or whether there was any one factor that could determine how the committee would be composed.

Susan Collins

We should use the commission's recommendations as a thoughtful and informed guide. That does not mean that this committee will be a rubber stamp, ... The final shape of our restructuring legislation will be determined by what we learn at these hearings.

The creditors' committee is not Noah's Ark, you don't take two of every species.

The executive committee did it without Kirby knowing. You don't surprise Kirby with many things on the Mercer campus.

Scott Campbell

What if somebody decided to name you Hortense, and you always hated that name? The name isn't you. It's something somebody else picked for you. We were named arbitrarily by a committee in 1951.

Joe Barton

I would submit to you that Medicaid in its current form is already hurting the poor, ... This committee will not stand by and do nothing while Medicaid slowly collapses.