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
That's up to Sen. Gramm to analyze and come to some conclusion about.
Very few pundits are applauding, ... I just want to say I am one person who's applauding, and I will never ever forget what you've done. It may not be in an editorial, but it's sure as hell enshrined in my heart.
We face some very high hurdles, and negotiations will require a tremendous effort,
We're here in a debate with a vote coming that one wanted, but here it is,
The fact that I may not vote for conviction doesn't matter, as long as there is justice,
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.
When they are through with the program they go back to Mexico, and they will take the skills they have acquired, they will take the money they have saved and it will give them the ability to help build the Mexican economy,
The point that we're making is, if we're trying to raise the price of cigarettes to discourage smoking cigarettes that's one thing, but if we're raising taxes for tens of billions of dollars for spending, then why not give part of it back?
The bill must benefit consumers by making the broadest array of financial services available at the lowest possible price, ... If it doesn't do that, then it's not worth having.
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.
It's sort of like the difference between love and prostitution, ... You don't pay people to like you.
Tonight we have laid the foundation to make history,
There are a lot of things you can say about the Bush tax cuts, but you can't say they didn't work.
The genius of the American system is that through freedom we have created extraordinary results from plain old ordinary people