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
This bill was intended to keep America on top of the high-tech industry,
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.
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,
He was the kind of man your mama wanted you to grow up to be and, until you met Paul Coverdell, you did not know that was possible,
He has reminded me in this debate of an ancient god Aeneas whose mother was the Earth, and every time he was thrown to the ground he got up stronger than he had been when he was cast to the ground,
The people who are dragging American bodies (through Somalia) don't look very hungry to the people of Texas
I didn't expect anybody on the House side to get out in front,
If I bought groceries the way I buy health insurance, I'd eat a lot better - and so would my dog
The Congress tends to guard its powers very jealously, now more so than ever. There's nothing wrong with the president educating the public about the line-item veto. But any president has really got to be prepared to use the veto power he already has.
I'm quite confident the gentleman from Illinois will get his chance to vote on Governor Bush's tax cut next year,
The Cold War is over. We have a surplus. Shouldn't we give some of this money back to working families? ... I say yes; the president says no.
The conference report before us, I'm unhappy to say, makes a mockery out of the budget, ... In fact, if we adopt this conference report, I think that there is no need we should ever adopt another budget.
I believe 20 years from now when people look back at the Clinton era that the vote on normal trade relations with China will be one of the most historic votes cast in this -- during the eight years of the Clinton Administration,
I don't accept defeat as final. Only death is final - and even then I hope for a reprieve.