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.
still working with members. This is so important that we'll take whatever time we need to get it right.
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.
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.
I don't think there will be time for another tax bill. We're talking about three or four months ... of finely tuned agreements, ... You don't just go back over the weekend and put it back together again. It's not realistic, it's simply not realistic.
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.