Brian Schweitzer
Brian Schweitzer
Brian David Schweitzeris an American politician who served as the 23rd Governor of Montana from January 5, 2005 to January 7, 2013. Schweitzer served for a time as chair of the Western Governors Association as well as the Democratic Governors Association. He also served as president of the Council of State Governments...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth4 September 1955
CountryUnited States of America
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This country has no energy plan, no vision for the future, ... We give more tax breaks and money for oil, and what do we get? Three-dollar gas and wars in the Middle East. If you want to control the destiny of this country, it's going to be with synthetic fuels.
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When you fill your gas tank, a portion goes to dictators, sheiks and crooks around the world who funnel some of this money to terrorists, ... We need to stop importing oil from people who want to destroy our way of life.
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When the film industry comes to Montana they bring trucks full of equipment and trucks full of money that they leave behind when they are done.
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When he goes out to meet people, he doesn't come off real,
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Good ideas are the backbone of good government.
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You can't pay for healthcare if we're sending a trillion dollars a year to dictators.
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We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.
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And yes, the Homesteaders, including my grandparents who left behind almost nothing, and arrived in Montana with nothing but the clothes on their back, high hopes, faith in God and dreaming of the future.
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We can push Montana forward and we can do it with out raising taxes.
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If you were just a regular person, you turned on the TV, and you saw Eric Cantor talking, I would say—and I'm fine with gay people, that's all right—but my gaydar is 60-70 percent. But he's not, I think, so I don't know. Again, I couldn't care less. I'm accepting.
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The generosity of Montanans is inspiring.
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The big guys, the big dogs, are going to own everything from the White House to the courthouse.
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The Republicans tend to choose the candidate who came in second place in the last election, and Democrats tend to move on. Ask President Ed Muskie how it worked out to be the front-runner. Ask President Howard Dean how it worked out.
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Twenty-six states have passed renewable portfolio standards, which simply says somewhere between 15% and 30% of their electricity will come from renewables by such-and-such a year. In Washington, D.C., they haven't done a damn thing.