Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 February 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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A lot of the producers don't want to get into marketing and shipping it to the end user, that's not their thing. But this is a particularly good niche to be in for the next few years. It's going to be unbelievable.
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They don't grow a lot of corn in New York or New Jersey. It's going to be a very profitable situation. Kansas is obviously pretty well positioned.
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I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.
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I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.
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I was kind of nervous because I didn't know how the team would react when I came back.
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He's easily the most powerful Republican on Capitol Hill, and nobody's in his weight class. He exerts the kind of discipline that hasn't been seen in decades.
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Paying for hurricane relief on the backs of the poor is not going to be a winning issue for Republicans. It's like they wake up every day determined to reinforce their own negative stereotypes.
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He was an underdog all the way. It was real surprising for him to finish second.
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He was one of my boys. He was just one of those scrappy little kids, who wouldn't give up. He worked hard, he trained hard and he maintained his training.
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He did his best, and cleverly, to imply that he's sympathetic to Roe and its value as precedent. But we'd be foolish to take his testimony as an assurance that he's supportive of the right to choice or even the more fundamental right to privacy.
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In a sense these are two guys who have never stopped running they have never gotten out of campaign mode.
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If you're not willing to work, you're never going to be able to experience the American Dream.
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By the end of the first quarter we knew that we could hang with them. I think our aggressiveness was better than theirs, but it was tough to match them inside.
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For me, I think being a conservative means you are focused on all four key principles: strong defense, lower taxes, less spending, and defending traditional American values.