Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm
William Philip "Phil" Grammis an American economist and politician, who has served as a Democratic Congressman, a Republican Congressmanand a Republican Senatorfrom Texas. He later became a lobbyist for UBS and founded a public policy and lobbying firm, Gramm Partners. He was a senior economic adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign from the summer of 2007 until July 18, 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 July 1942
CountryUnited States of America
We are going to have millions of Americans lose their health insurance,
Tonight we have laid the foundation to make history,
Mr. Chairman, please don't try to fix an economy that isn't broken, ... Don't become so frightened by success that you throw wet blankets on a fire that isn't burning.
If we're going to vote on extraneous amendments that our Democrat colleagues want to vote on, then I want to vote on amendments that I think will benefit the country,
Shifting the burden of proof will change the way the IRS does business,
No other issue has created as much concern in this bill as the issue of whether employers can be sued as a result of a dispute that arises out of the liability sections of this bill,
When this is over, the important thing will be whether we can say that we rendered impartial justice.
The fact that I may not vote for conviction doesn't matter, as long as there is justice,
We're here in a debate with a vote coming that one wanted, but here it is,
The accused should be tried and rendered a verdict, ... It is our constitutional duty to see this through, as tiring and trying as this may be. The constitutional process is at stake.
That's up to Sen. Gramm to analyze and come to some conclusion about.
I think in the end, we'll have a trial, ... We will render a verdict, as the Senate has on 15 other occasions, in those 15 cases where there was an impeachment in the House and where the person impeached did not resign first.
I don't think it's a 'gimme' that this appointment will move forward quickly, but everything that I know about Larry Summers is good,
If the best they can do in telling us what is right with them and what is wrong with us is that they want higher taxes and they want every state in the Union how to run health care, they are going to be in the minority for a very, very long time,