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
a partisan vote that was a disgrace to our country and our Constitution.
The people I'm honored to represent in Missouri and all over the country want leaders to address their kitchen table everyday problems.
One of the most important virtues of the American character is our ability to approach the complexities that life presents us with common sense and decency, .. The considered judgment of the American people is not going to rise or fall on the fine distinctions of a legal argument but on straight talk and the truth. It is time for the president and the Congress to follow that common sense for the good of the country.
America is a great country. We are so wealthy. But our one remaining challenge is to fulfill the potential of all our people. And the only way we can do that is to try to bring everybody together to a higher place.
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.
Unlike the Contract with America, which was created by Washington pollsters and insiders, Families First was developed from the grassroots up. Congressional Democrats from across the country spent months meeting with people back home, asking them what issues were important to them, and what Congress could do to make their lives a little easier.
in grave danger of weakening the world economy.
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,
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.