Mark Foley
Mark Foley
Mark Adam Foleyis a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 September 1954
CountryUnited States of America
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We're taught as young kids: Acknowledge your mistakes, admit your lies, ... It's cathartic. That's what I think the speech did. He didn't just try to blame someone else.
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It's an absolute abomination. Whether intentional corruption or mismanagement . . . it seems like FEMA is just a money pit.
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They were overwhelmed. Over the long term was where we found the chaos.
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Currently, for every three workers contributing to Social Security there is one retiree receiving benefits paid for by those workers.
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Entrance into the United States is not a guaranteed right.
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FEMA should not be hindered by a top-heavy bureaucracy when they are needed to act swiftly to save lives.
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I've been telling my colleagues sooner or later we would face a catastrophe unfathomable in financial terms and the insurance companies would not be able to bear it,
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These are the kind of tipping-point moments that have the potential to derail us, ... Incumbents suffer more when people believe there is a failure of leadership.
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This is not solely a response to the tragedy in the Gulf; it is the result of the increasing evidence that FEMA should not be hindered by a top-heavy bureaucracy when needed to act swiftly to save lives, ... After suffering through three direct hurricane hits last summer and watching my friends in the Gulf weather Katrina, I have seen one consistent problem-red tape and bureaucratic obstacles getting in the way of saving lives.
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This isn't like the SATs, ... where if you don't understand the question you go on to the next one.
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This is going to have a huge economic impact, not only on growers, but on workers living paycheck to paycheck,
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On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places.
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I am concerned about what further reporting could lead to.
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I believe without any equivocation that she's the most recognizable freshman in Washington. She's spoken more on the floor and taken command of the issues more than any other new member who comes to mind.