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
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.
Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing, ... And Senator Daschle seems to be committed to doing nothing, unless he can get others to agree to do the wrong thing.
It was a well run race. It was a race of enthusiasm and energy and commitment to principles to which we all have a good subscription. ... I feel that in the process I have been provided an even more keenly honed opportunity to learn and understand the needs and the interests of this majority.
Until we receive your commitment to follow through on their rhetorical offerings, we shall not treat these overtures as serious and will continue our efforts to force action on the daily floor proceedings until such time as we secure your personal confirmation on a fair and timely consideration on this important matter.
My vote will never go to commit any young man or woman to such a field until I personally am confident they have a chance of succeeding and a high degree of personal safety. It's a commitment to their parents and I hold it deep in my heart,
We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's not a doubt about it.
We will wait until we can have a clear understanding that we will pass a law that will help families,
I've been at the table now for two weeks,
Even $10 billion would be insufficient to begin fixing six years of Clinton-Gore neglect of armed forces,
every year there is that magic moment when everybody says we can agree. That moment is at hand. We do not want to deny our members the opportunity to seize that moment.
Even if we could afford to cover every single drug bill, we shouldn't try, ... Consumers who can afford to do so should pay the small routine bills.
The suspicion some people have about the president's motives in this attack is itself a powerful argument for impeachment, ... After months of lies, the president has given millions of people around the world reason to doubt that he has sent Americans into battle for the right reasons.
Sometimes you get judicial rulings that gladden you and sometimes you don't,
I would like to think that no American president would even consider using the military to help him remain in office, ... But the fact that Americans are expressing these doubts shows that the president is losing his ability to lead.