Jim Bunning
Jim Bunning
James Paul David "Jim" Bunningis an American former Major League Baseball pitcher and politician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 October 1931
CitySouthgate, KY
CountryUnited States of America
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We plan to find out if these major league sports are going to do anything. If they give us the excuse that they're tied in to collective bargaining agreements and they can't do anything, ... then it's up to Congress to change it and make it the law of the land.
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It's unfortunate we've come to the point where Congress has to take action but the leagues and the players have left us no other choice,
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This is what I had hoped for all along, for the two private parties to come to an agreement on their own without Congress having to do it for them, ... not as tough as I would like.
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If they would take seriously the bills before the Congress and negotiate some kind of settlement that is close to the bills in the House and in the Senate, then I think major league sports and their unions could get away without having legislation passed by the Congress, ... I don't see that happening.
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I and millions of fans think that's pathetic, ... It's obvious to everyone in this room that baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you.
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But what matters now is whether the agreement is followed as it has been outlined to me, other members of Congress and the public,
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Basically, he says, 'In your face. Twenty games, take it or leave it.' That's completely unacceptable to the Congress,
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Baseball and the players only act when Congress threatens you, so why should we believe you are serious now?
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We're making progress on resolving the concerns of a few senators,
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We have heard a lot of talk from professional sports leagues that they would do something to clean up this mess, but so far it has been just that: a lot of talk, ... Hopefully Congress' action will light a fire under their feet to come to an agreement before we do it for them.
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Marriage matters to our society. Mothers and fathers both matter to children. Only a man and a woman have the ability to create children.
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I think, seriously, that they are under the opinion that we will not act, ... We tried to explain to them that we are going to act because of their failure to do so, and I don't think it's sunk in.
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I will not be able to support his nomination on the Senate floor.
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I think it will continue from now until the end of the campaign,