Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper
James Hayes Shofner "Jim" Cooperis the U.S. Representative for Tennessee's 5th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the Blue Dog Coalition. He previously represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district from 1983 to 1995...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 June 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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When I first came to Congress, the party was supposed to help you. Now, when a new member is sworn in, he or she is told what their dues are - how much they are expected to raise for the party for the next election. It's worse in the Senate. It turns the whole place into a money machine.
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Well, where is the money? Show me the money? Our allies have put up a few billion dollars, but the American taxpayer has been required to shoulder the burden of this war.
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We are spending more money on bond holders than we are on our own citizens. It took 204 years to have this happen. The other party will not even allow a recorded vote on this issue so that we can see how people stand on that issue.
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When we don't save, we can't even lend money to our government. Today, more than 40% of our huge national debt is owned by foreign countries.
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If Congress wanted to intervene with the Federal Reserve, well, we created the Federal Reserve. We could uncreate it. But would you want Congress regulating the money supply? We'd have drowned in inflation, or gone bankrupt, decades ago.
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We got rattled in there, but the kids came back especially when we got behind in the third period. That was huge. They showed great character. They gave me everything I asked for all year long except for one more goal.
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The worst lead in hockey is two goals, among coaches at least. But obviously, you'd rather have it than not have it.
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Right now under President George W. Bush, we have the first President since James Garfield in 1881 never to have vetoed a single bill.
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Bowling Green didn't fall off the tournament truck. If you turn over the puck to them, they'll find a way to put it in the net. They're one of the most well-coached teams we've faced, so this was a good wake-up call for us.
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Congress as a whole is less popular than it's been since polling was invented.
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Most of my folks back home think Social Security and Medicare are sacred commitments stronger than the strongest contract. And yet if you look at the details here in Washington, they're not even promises. They're scheduled benefits. I think we need to do all that we can to make sure those benefits are real.
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Members walk into the chamber full of hatred. They believe the worst lies about the other side. Two senators stopped by my office just a few hours ago. Why? They had a plot to nail somebody on the other side. That's what Congress has come to.
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You can divide neighborhoods, you can divide houses, you can probably divide double beds if you want, to get down to people's voting preferences.
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I think this gives us real hope that we can keep the eight C-130 airplanes that are the heart and soul of the Airlift Wing.