Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
William Marshall "Bill" Thomasis an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 2007, finishing his tenure representing California's 21st congressional district and as the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1941
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It is my sincere hope that she comes forward and tells the truth in this matter and allows these young men to go on with their lives and for this community to heal.
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Larry is the type who has everything lined up all the time. You call him for something, he already knows the issue.
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Otis took the attitude that he was going to hire people who he felt could do the job and then let them do it. From it came an awful lot of enterprise and pride.
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It bothers us a great deal, and we'll be before the court on it Monday.
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I think you're going to see every lawyer release these results.
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I think the evidence is going to be very clear that he has an absolutely rock solid alibi. And I think you can expect similar evidence with respect to the other individual.
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given the difficulties of putting these (pension funding) rules into effect.
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We look forward to getting back the DNA so these young men can reclaim their lives.
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Years ago, you'd come in with 400 pounds' worth of blueprints for the whole project. Now you can phase it.
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We feel that he is making a very, very serious mistake in this case, that there are innocent young men whose lives can be ruined if they are charged in this case.
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We anticipate and hope the DNA results will be released early next week. It's unfortunate that these young men have been vilified by the press, the community and the university they attend. It's a real miscarriage of justice for them to be convicted in the public's mind before everything is known. It is unfair. The allegations against them do not contain a kernel of truth.
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We are ... actually shocked. We always thought she would pick out someone who at least had a conversation with her or paid her.
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We are absolutely convinced -- not to just my client -- but all 46 young men involved that these tests will be negative.
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We know that the accusing witness has conducted a comprehensive media interview within a few days of this alleged brutal assault, so I certainly cannot understand why the identification procedure would have taken this long to conduct, nor do I understand why it would have taken such a long period to prepare the report.