Dick Armey
Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armeyis an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th congressional districtand House Majority Leader. He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. Since his retirement from Congress, he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Even $10 billion would be insufficient to begin fixing six years of Clinton-Gore neglect of armed forces,
What this 'sunset the code' bill does is ... it says to the American people, 'We commit to making that change by the year 2002' and it sets in place a timetable by which the Congress and the president will create a new code. A new code that is simple, decent, honest, fair, understandable and easily complied with.
You sit down as you're moving the bill through the process and you review the situation in light of the new numbers, ... And it would be our job to persuade the president.
Mister President, let's get together with our respective parties and ... get this bill moving, ... It's about enforcement.
We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and made some bothersome changes to the bill to accommodate his concerns.
Whether that comes from work between Norwood and the White House, or whether it comes from our work here in the House in getting the votes for this bill that we think is the right answer, or wherever it comes from, we will do the right thing.
The evidence is now undeniable that the IMF has played a destabilizing role in world financial affairs. We must reject the president's no-strings-attached $18 billion request and instead adopt IMF reforms,
Information is the lifeblood of a market, ... It is also poison to dictators.
still working with members. This is so important that we'll take whatever time we need to get it right.
That is not a good growth part of the package, ... I prioritized all the recommendations we had in terms of potential to create growth... and that was way down the list. When you've got better priorities, you should enact better priorities.
If language is properly written with respect to instant checks at gun shows, I think I could support that.
It's time really for the White House to send their people up here. Let's get to the tables. Let's get it negotiated. And let's get it done. It's altogether possible that would be done if they'll just come to work.
It won't happen as long as Clinton is president,
We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's not a doubt about it.