Bill Frist
Bill Frist
William Harrison "Bill" Frist, Sr.is an American physician, businessman, and politician. He began his career as a heart and lung transplant surgeon. Frist later served two terms as a Republican United States Senator representing Tennessee, serving as Majority Leader from 2003 until his retirement in 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 February 1952
CountryUnited States of America
fall people safety
When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.
florida people united-states
In the wake of this disaster, the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida should know that the United States Congress stands ready to help them in their time of need,.
jobs reality people
If we look to the future, when we talk about outsourcing jobs, when we talk about global competitiveness and our efficiency, none of that matters very much unless we have appropriate training and education for our young people today who are the workforce of tomorrow. It is an economic reality, and we are failing.
successful two people
Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful.
government people leader
The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together.
education force particular people society theory training
doesn't force any particular theory on anyone. I think in a pluralistic society that is the fairest way to go about education and training people for the future.
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I don't think we should legislate a track that gives a privileged status to people who broke the law.
damaging dangerous disclosure efforts homeland people protect terrorist
If accurate, such an egregious disclosure could have long-term and far-reaching damaging and dangerous consequences, and will imperil our efforts to protect the American people and our homeland from terrorist attacks,
behind crack people
There is no crack there, the American people are behind this President.
experience few people states united
He has experience very few people in the United States have,
develop happening mistake mistakes people prevent share systems
If you have a mistake that is made, you need to be able to share it with people so you can develop systems to prevent those mistakes from happening in the future,
fellow higher liberties protecting responsibility
We have no higher responsibility to our fellow Americans than protecting the homeland. Our lives, our freedoms, our liberties are at stake.
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We still plan to complete Senate floor action on the Roberts nomination by the start of the new Supreme Court session, Oct. 3, 2005.
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Until today, I've always regarded my most profound professional responsibility in my professional life the blessing I had to hold in my hands the human heart, recognizing all its glory and all its potential, and then technically seating it into the chest of a dying woman to give her life and a future she would not otherwise have. . . . A few moments ago, my colleagues gave me a responsibility equal to that -- some would even say a heavier one. I accepted that responsibility with a profound sense of humility. They gave me their confidence, their support, their trust -- and elected me to serve as their leader in the United States Senate.