Jim Talent
Jim Talent
James Matthes "Jim" Talentis an American politician and former U.S. Senator from Missouri. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office. He identifies with the conservative wing of the Republican party, being outspoken on judicial appointments, abortion, flag burning, and defense issues...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 October 1956
CountryUnited States of America
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There are people walking around guilty of murder.
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With only 41 percent of the small businesses surveyed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses taking action or planning to take action to address their potential Y2K problems, something must be done to make becoming Y2K compliant more affordable.
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We need to function as a team, and I've always thought of Denny as the coach. I think he'll do that extremely effectively.
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We ought to be using the confluence, celebrating it and using it for its historical preservation value, for its tourism value, and for raising the visibility of the area.
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The governors' plan is simply unacceptable. It misses the point of what real welfare reform is all about.
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It's unfortunate that the Senate is once again compelled to defend the Pledge of Allegiance because of the actions of a federal court.
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It will very substantially reduce the number of local labs that are out there because it throttles the ability of the cooks to get the pseudoephedrine that they need to make the methamphetamine,
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that has forgotten the real problems that people in Houston face.
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It's a question of fairness, ... Small and family businesses deserve to have the same deduction for health-care costs as Fortune 500 companies.
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Uniquely with methamphetamine, the drug isn't just used and sold in our neighborhoods and communities, it's made in our neighborhoods and communities. We're hoping this will throttle local labs because they will not be able to get the pseudoephedrine they need ... but that does not mean it's going to throttle methamphetamine altogether.
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Working with Troop A, we were successful in getting the Senate to approve a plan that would protect our first responders and prevent highway fatalities, ... Dozens of police officers and fire fighters have lost their lives in accidents that should have been avoidable. Our initiative instructs the Department of Transportation to develop model legislation that will increase awareness and help save lives.
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A major earthquake is no time for on-the-job training.
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American businesses are likely to spend at least $50 billion fixing Y2K computer glitches,
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This may in the minds of predators create a loophole, and I think we should try and plug that loophole as quickly as possible by any means possible.