Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett
American Republican politician who served as a senator for Utah from 1993 to 2011.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 September 1933
believe bite case legal strongly
When you bite into it, it just doesn't exist, ... I believe very strongly there is no legal case here.
aside behind cannot case deal feelings honor million package personal president resolve strings time
It is time to get all this behind us, to get this behind the American people. The president will put his personal feelings aside about the case and resolve it, if we can do it with honor. But we cannot do it with honor at $2 million and a package deal with strings attached.
case frivolous intention position
Our position is this is a baseless, frivolous case we have no intention of settling.
case ethical excuse failed high meet standard
He set a high ethical standard for his administration, and in this case he failed to meet that standard, ... There is no excuse for this oversight.
aware fully
is fully aware of what we're doing and is encouraging me to go forward.
building envelope house jar lobbyists office sam whom
Sam Rayburn, after whom the House office building is named, used to keep a jar on his desk, and when lobbyists would come in to see him, they would deposit the appropriate envelope with cash.
change decision point whether
Of those, their point change was insignificant enough (not) to change our decision as to whether or not they would be admitted.
becomes deal legally mountain nuclear places single start strategies thinking
As it now becomes clear, scientifically, legally and practically, Yucca Mountain is not going to become a single repository for nuclear waste, and we need to start thinking about new strategies and new places to deal with this,
require sat students
We are still going to require that students still take the SAT with the writing section, as well as the ACT.
fair owe
I think if you're going to be fair to our president, you owe him at least that,
bunch evidence pattern recycled rumors
I tell you no such evidence exists. They have recycled a bunch of old rumors ... There is no pattern and you're not going to find a pattern.
depends folks sure
We just want to make sure it's safe. It just depends on how many folks we've got to help.
disagree shoot
You can disagree with the message, but don't shoot the messenger.
bite cotton date hundred learn pages piece seven six trial
We have a trial date set of May 27. I think you're all going to learn on May 27 that these six or seven hundred pages are like a big piece of cotton candy. When you bite into it, it just doesn't -- it just doesn't exist,