Jim Leach
Jim Leach
James Albert Smith "Jim" Leachis an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013 and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 October 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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North Korea clearly at this time wants to retain a right to have a nuclear program of one kind or another.
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A delay does not serve well the North Korean people,
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This is a bill that is bipartisan, bicameral and tri-institutional.
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I think we have the funds now for all of it.
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Our culture is more shaped by the arts and humanities than it often is by politics.
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Clearly the loan payment shouldn't go out if it's going to be handled the way the past has been handled, ... If money is to be stolen it shouldn't be transferred.
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The hallmark of our times is change and acceleration, but we have to provide the history.
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The great middle of America is underrepresented in Congress, ... The leadership will insist that a compromise be established. But what that final product is, I have no idea.
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The trust has broken down. It will take some time to change attitudes and attitudes are going to be needed to develop trust,
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You chose to make this initiative without, to my knowledge, any serious prior consultation with Congress.
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You chose an initiative, which you may not be able to deliver and you chose to make the initiative without, to my knowledge, any serious prior consultations with the Congress,
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The majority of U.S. high school students don't know within 50 years when the Civil War occurred.
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I think America is going to have to think through whether it wants to uplift the political dialogue or advance an approach that divides and, frankly, can lead to violence.
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A government of, by and for the people is obligated to conduct the nation's business in a manner that respects dissent.