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
It is clear to me that Democrats want to attack me rather than debate Sen. McCain on important economic issues facing the country. That kind of distraction hurts not only Sen. McCain's ability to present concrete programs to deal with the country's problems; it hurts the country.
We're here in a debate with a vote coming that one wanted, but here it is,
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 debate here is not between reducing the debt and cutting taxes, ... The debate is between taxpayers spending money and Washington spending money.
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
The Democrats want government to do the spending. Senator McCain wants families to do the spending.
The American story is a story of immigration. I would be the last person who would say immigrants are not important to America.
I believe I am more conservative than Bob Dole; I believe I am more committed to fundamentally changing American government than Bob Dole.
Every technological advance we've made in the 21st century and throughout the 20th has come from the United States of America.
The cap-and-trade plan is more market driven than anything else. If you want to discourage carbon use, you have to make it more expensive, but what is crucial is that this be a worldwide program that includes China and India.
I have to tell you that the innovation and the technology and the entrepreneurship of the world still lies in the United States of America.
I said we are in a mental recession. We keep getting the steady drumbeat of bad news... it's become a mental recession. We don't have measured negative growth. That's a fact, that's not a commentary.
Half the world does not know the joys of wearing cotton underwear.