Mike Ross
Mike Ross
Michael Avery "Mike" Rossis an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party who was his party's 2014 nominee for governor of Arkansas. He also served as the U.S. Representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district from 2001 to 2013. He was also a member of the Arkansas Senate from 1991 to 2001, member of the Nevada County Quorum Court from 1983 to 1985, and is a former small business owner...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 August 1961
CityTexarkana, AR
CountryUnited States of America
Redistricting and a broken, polarized Congress have made it tough to be a moderate in Congress.
Our forefathers never envisioned that a handful of staff write a bill and you rush it through a committee without reading it and you rush it to the floor without reading it, and you pass it just because you're a Democrat and Democrats told you to do that.
Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.
I think that was the Burger King. No wait. That was Taco Bell.
I went into town today to buy a tent just for tonight. I knew a lot of people were going to be down there and I planned on camping out all night, something I was actually really excited about.
I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I mean, that's what democracy is all about.
That was an impact, he had to be flying.
I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career.
I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.
It will likely result in not only maintaining the jobs we have, but potentially growing the jobs and economic opportunity we have at the Pine Bluff Arsenal,
throwing down their bicycles and bidding against us.
To me, it was the most fascinating sign in Boston. I asked my parents about it when I was very young and first saw it. My father and I would have big discussions about it. I didn't get it. I didn't get what those buildings were. Now I know inside those buildings is a great community.
A lot of people say, 'Why do health-care reform when the deficits are so big?' But that is when we've got to do it.
This designation will enhance the chemical and biological defense equipment missions of the arsenal and, as a result, will increase its overall workload,