Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden Jr.is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, having been jointly elected twice with President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden represented Delaware as a United States Senator from 1973 until becoming Vice President in 2009...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionVice President
Date of Birth20 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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You are one of the best witnesses, I think, that has come before this committee. You've convinced folks who share Senator Brownback's view that you're going to be just right for them and you've convinced folks that share Senator Kennedy's view that you're just right for them.
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... We're either going to share the cost with everyone, including the wealthiest among us by foregoing the tax cuts for the wealthiest, or we're going to put all the burden on the middle class.... We don't have to go forward with further tax cuts for the wealthy. There's a $70 billion tax cut in this particular budget. Permanently eliminating the estate-tax cut is a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. Maybe we have to forgo those for the time being.
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That's what I want to know about, because without any knowledge of your understanding of the law, because you will not share it with us, we are rolling the dice with you, Judge.
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We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."
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The only thing I know is I ain't changing my brand. I know what I believe. I'm confident in what I know. And I'm gonna say it. And if folks like it, wonderful. If they don't like it, I understand.
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When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will tell you the vast majority of the weapons recovered at a crime scene are either stolen weapons, and/or they have been 'lost' or stolen.
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We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.
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We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.
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You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.
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Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.
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What they gain is not having to tell the American people the truth.
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We all have a right to know where she stands on these basic issues. And I hope this puts to bed this notion that it's not a legitimate thing for the United States Congress to find out where a nominee stands on the fundamental constitutional questions facing her.
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The original power given to them was assuming that it would be used with discretion, ... Thirty thousand seems like an awful, awful stretch to me.
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There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It's all a reflection of your relationship with the president. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office.