Don Nickles
Don Nickles
Donald Lee "Don" Nicklesis an American politician who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and a social conservative. After retiring from the Senate, he founded The Nickles Group, a lobbying firm...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 December 1948
CountryUnited States of America
president tax wait
We can wait 14 months, get a new president and then do a tax cut.
increase minimum pass senator support tax wage wants
If the senator really wants to support an increase in the minimum wage, we should pass the minimum wage with tax relief.
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I'm always a little cautious, there's a few amendments that are out there that I think could do some damage, so I've been more concerned about over regulating, going too far.
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To be sitting on their hands and say 'Well we didn't get into their computer until March of '99' and this guy was a suspect back in '95 is just unacceptable ... I think heads ought to roll.
billion billions certainly costs department government maybe regulation
It's probably the most expensive, intrusive regulation ever promulgated certainly by the Department of Labor, maybe by government entirely. It's costs are in the billion and billions of dollars.
behalf compliment heritage national work
I want to compliment The Heritage Foundation for its work on behalf of a strong national defense.
building defensive employ toward true
What he said then is just as true today: We have to employ our talents, our technology, and all our capabilities toward building a defensive system.
hate mass-destruction america
It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.
independent israel sovereign
I have always thought that Israel, as an independent and sovereign nation, had a right to defend itself.
return private-sector
I ALWAYS intended to return to the private sector,
buying looks grew
But if you look at WorldCom, which is the biggest failure to date, they grew dramatically, they were buying companies that were bigger than they were and they were doing it off inflated stock.
thinking organization leader
ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders.
thinking support bills
I think there's bipartisan support in the Senate to pass a good reform bill.
members
Jim mentioned I was an ALEC member, and that's correct.