Famous Quotes & Sayings

Right now, I think state and local governments are frustrated with the inaction of the federal government on illegal immigration.

Right after Katrina it looked like a no-brainer. Uncertainties about where things were going as a result of Katrina would force the Fed to pause. But since then, the idea of the Fed pausing is fading,

People who want to watch the Fed need to be very careful,

Police were really fed up with Milosevic, ... So we needed to get rid of him together, with them.

Nobody knows when the Fed is going to quit raising rates. Once the market feels comfortable with that question, we will see it move one way or another.

Ronald Ross

On some peculiar pigmented cells found in two mosquitoes fed on malarial.

Movements in the unemployment rate will tell Fed officials whether growth is absorbing unused capacity.

Moving forward, the Fed will be focused on what they can do to get us out of recession.

McCoy went back before the Senate in Washington, D.C., and testified in front of the Senate subcommittee and pushed for a federal anti-freeze law.

Medical research is needed, and I just saw there was a need for help that the government - state or federal - was not spending the taxpayers' money on helping people get through college.

My fellow Katrina survivors and I have experienced more tragedy in the last six months than most people have in a lifetime. We have lost relatives, friends and our community. The federal government should live up to its responsibility to rebuild.

One of the things the market wants to see is that the Fed is finished raising interest rates.

Mike Johanns

One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11.

We are holding the federal government responsible, and specifically (Attorney General) Janet Reno and the president of the United States, for anything that may occur in this community,

David Phelps

We are heavily focused on the federal marketplace; it's 98 percent of our revenue.

Mary Schiavo

What we need is a national coordinated federal law enforcement oversight of airports because we are only as safe as our weakest link.

There is a possibility the Fed may raise rates three more times to 4.5 percent before pausing, to keep inflation under control.

There are no federal rules or restrictions around the name.

But we're not a federal lobbying group. Our work is electoral.

But at least we have the federal judge saying he should be released.

But, as usual, our offense fed off our defense, and we were able to pull away late.

More and more strategists are of the opinion that the Fed may be completely through.

My guess is the Fed tightens but, as you know, it's a toss-up ... it's a 50-50 shot,

Now the odds are 85 percent that the Fed will move again.

New Orleans is what it is because the federal government made it that way. And what it is today -- underwater.

New Fed chairmen like to come out of the gate looking hawkish as they try to formulate their credibility. Then, they go back to looking more dovish.

Given that the Fed has indicated this is a key number, that's very hopeful,

Future Fed tightening is already discounted in the dollar.

Kate Warne

Fundamentally what we saw was the market picking up a little after the Fed said they were not going to do anything and the news was as expected.

George Soros

I don't think you will see the Fed jumping to interest rates,

Ron Hill

I don't think you want to fight the Fed going into the end of this year.

I give him a C-minus. It's better than we've had, but we've got a long way to go to get this federal fiscal house in order. ... I would give him a much higher grade if he had vetoed just one (spending) bill.

David Vitter

I feel very strongly that we need a strong federal leader,