Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett
American Republican politician who served as a senator for Utah from 1993 to 2011.
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 September 1933
certainly context dealing disaster fema gets overall passing
I think you can be excused for having some lapses, ... You need to put that in the context of the overall disaster that you're dealing with here, and FEMA certainly gets passing grades.
certainly context dealing disaster fema gets overall passing
I think you can be excused for having some lapses, ... You need to put that in the context of the overall disaster that you're dealing with here, and FEMA certainly gets passing grades.
areas cut dimensions given huge inevitable nature overall people
Given the huge nature (of the disaster), it is inevitable there would be areas of failure. There are a lot of areas we can look and say could have been done better. But if we look at the overall dimensions of the thing, we have to cut some people some slack.
communication government industry level means start talking trust users ways
We have to have a new level of communication and trust between all of the users of the Internet, which means government and industry have got to start talking to each other in ways they never have before,
criticized president spent
We spent more than the president requested, and we were criticized for pork-barrel spending,
beholden focus money order question shift speech whom
With this bill, we shift the focus to where it belongs, not on controlling speech ... but on the question of to whom you may be beholden in order to get the money to do that. That's where the focus should be.
bill citizen citizens clinton less president rights united united-states
President Bill Clinton has less rights than any citizen of the United States,
case frivolous intention position
Our position is this is a baseless, frivolous case we have no intention of settling.
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.
clear
it is now clear it (Yucca Mountain) does not make sense.
basketball decided effort gave great heads kids seed shot state tournament
Our kids have decided they want to go to the state tournament and we're going to make every effort. Their heads aren't down. They know they gave a great effort and they know if we can play basketball like that (today) we have a great shot of going as the No. 3 seed and that's all we can ask for.
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.