John Sununu
John Sununu
John Edward Sununuis a former RepublicanUnited States Senator from New Hampshire. Sununu was the youngest member of the Senate for his entire six-year term. He is the son of former New Hampshire Governor and former White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu. On November 4, 2008, Sununu lost his re-election bid to former governor Jeanne Shaheen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 September 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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There are some ideas out there, but it will be more difficult to pursue (them) given today's defeat.
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I would oppose any changes to any benefit structure or payment structure for current retirees, for anyone retiring in the next 20 years.
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I would recommend that whatever you do, you find a way to encourage the allocation of some of the existing funds, even if it has to be done initially in a somewhat divided way,
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White spaces represent a significant untapped opportunity for new product innovation and unlicensed spectrum use. While we may be able to guess at some of the products that might develop because of this bill, the real benefits will probably derive from those that we can't imagine today. Thankfully, advances in technology have eliminated any real claims of harmful interference by existing licensees in this spectrum band.
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We had a pretty broad coalition and it held together.
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I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there.
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Everyone has to understand this is a battle that has been fought for at least 20 years, and we have a very experienced hand handling it,
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Taxes that discriminate against specific industries, even ones as popular as the oil industry at the current moment, are a bad idea.
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Anytime we ask them to put national security ahead of a lot of domestic issues, we're asking them to step up and make a sacrifice.
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Social Security modernization will result in a retirement system that is stronger and more fiscally sound than the pay-as-you-go system we have today.
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The Internet creates as well as destroys. Social networks, search advertising, and cloud computing are multibillion dollar industries that didn't exist 10 years ago. They are products of the same force that has rendered the Postal Service's core business obsolete.
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The federal government should not be subsidizing profitable industries with taxpayer dollars,
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It's counterintuitive, but the most divisive arrangement is when the same party controls both Congress and the presidency, a situation encountered in eight of the past 10 years. With government unified under a single party, the minority has the least possible incentive to cooperate with the majority.