Bob Dole
Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Doleis an American politician who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996 and in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. In the 1976 presidential election, Dole was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President and incumbent President Gerald Ford's running mate. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and 1988. In 1996, Dole was able to secure the Republican nomination for President of the United States, but lost...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth22 July 1923
CityRussell, KS
We got the across-the-board cut and the kiddy credit, and those are the two most important things to sell to voters, ... But there are a number other proposals in the economic plan that will appeal to businesses as well.
The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place
The government will spend a total of ten trillion dollars between now and 2002, ... This is a bold and comprehensive economic growth program that will cut taxes on 90 million households, grow the economy and do so in the context of a balanced budget by 2002.
The role of the United States, should, as always, be that of friend and facilitator.
Providing seniors with the peace of mind that they will be able to get the medicine they need, when they need it, as well as offer extra assistance to pay for it ... is what this new Medicare Benefit has to offer, ... It is important that seniors understand we are talking about a dependable, government-underwritten program that will be a major pillar of Medicare going forward.
provides the best opportunity to put the people of Kosovo on a course of self-rule and liberty.
private citizens say all kinds of things all the time. Next question.
I've never discussed Whitewater ... and I'm not discussing Whitewater now.
I want again to remind everybody that Slobodan Milosevic is the problem... His troops are stepping up hostile operations in Kosovo and once the Albanian leadership signs this agreement we can turn our full attention to Belgrade,
We need to reach out and make sure that everyone who should benefit will benefit,
Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!
Having been in Congress, you know that's part of our responsibility: the constituent has a problem, ... We're supposed to write back and say, 'Well I can't do anything?' That's not what they elect you for.
Time has already been lost, and further delays in signing this agreement can only work to the benefit of (Yugoslav President) Slobodan Milosevic, whose aggressive policies threaten the entire region.
I have ... been uplifted by the extraordinary power of the American heart -- by those armies of compassion, who are willing to cross town or cross the globe to minister to those they've never met and will never see again.