Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardtis an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 January 1941
CountryUnited States of America
indicates to me once again that the delay wasn't to go through the committee. The delay was to allow the NRA to lobby.
In light of the gravity of the charges outlined in the guilty verdict against Mr. Traficant, I think the prudent course of action would be an immediate resignation,
We fully support the president's decision today to undertake military action with our allies against Iraq. Saddam Hussein's defiance of U.N. weapons inspectors is a clear violation of the international community's determination to ensure that Iraq no longer poses a threat to the region.
This is war. And we will do everything in our power together to make sure that terrorists never, ever again can create this mayhem, this chaos, this violence against our people and our country.
Howard Dean travels the country and yells and pounds the podium against NAFTA, against the secrecy of the Bush-Cheney White House and against insider corporate deals.
You have got to remember, these are companies that have been fined in some cases over a million dollars for their errors and omissions. These are companies that were indicted after September 11, again for their failure,
It is significant when you have a president at a 65 percent rating. That is unusual, ... I think some of it is related to 9/11 and the people's reactions -- the people's desire to be united with the president in fighting against these issues, in trying to solve these issues.
You can't go on, it shouldn't have happened. We've got to come back and start over again and write a good bill,
in grave danger of weakening the world economy.
These numbers are bouncing around. This is a volatile race,
I'm glad President Bush unveiled his reform ideas last week, ... but we need to go further if we really want to clean up this system.
I'm not going to say what's fashionable in our politics.
I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table, ... Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.
I have not stated in any conversation with anyone that I'm going to run for the presidential nomination.