Byron Dorgan
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorganis a former United States Senator and United States Congressman from North Dakota and currently serves as a senior policy advisor for the Washington, DC law firm Arent Fox LLP. He served 12 years in the U.S. House and 18 years in the Senate. He was a member of the Senate Democratic leadership for 16 years, first as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and then as Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee and Chairman of the Committee on Indian...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 May 1942
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None of us knows much about pricing, but we see the pain of consumers and we see the gains of the companies.
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No one is taking about imposing new taxes on anyone,
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My hope is those who blocked (aid) on the House side will change their minds.
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We simply must ensure accountability for these massive expenditures -- so that these dollars don't just wind up lining the pockets of unscrupulous contractors, as we've seen all too often in Iraq,
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This relates to a massive number of American jobs and American enterprise being shipped overseas in circumstances of trade that are fundamentally unfair because that is the way China wants it.
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When you juxtapose what happened to the people at the top and what happened to the people at the bottom it makes you sick.
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We have a constitutional responsibility to use our heads, our hearts and our minds to make good decisions about the future of this country.
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We don't make one pair of Levi's in the United States any more. Want to wear Tony Lama Boots? You're probably wearing Chinese boots. You want to eat Fig Newton cookies? You're eating a foreign product. Didn't used to be. It's Mexican now. We are seeing a wholesale movement away from this country of things that we make, products that we produce, that used to have attached to them good jobs for Americans.
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We have four cities that produce a lot of traffic for them, and we're very dependent on Northwest, ... I want to see that the airline continues to serve us with the service we need.
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We're trying to get through all of this, to understand it, ... Northwest has been a good carrier for North Dakota for many decades, but they are dominant in our state, and so changes they make can have a profound impact on North Dakota and its economy.
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Consumers need relief from high energy prices. Talk is cheap. The price of energy is not. Congress needs to act.
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Congress is going to slap on the penalties unless you and commissioner Selig do it first.
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Everyone expects American businesses to make a profit and I don't begrudge them that, ... But the big oil companies are now reaping an unbelievable windfall, and it's time for Congress to help consumers.
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It means, 'I'm taking a cut of this,'