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
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,
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,
We want to be sure that a new president with a new agenda has an opportunity to get it voted on,
I'm quite confident the gentleman from Illinois will get his chance to vote on Governor Bush's tax cut next year,
The way out is to vote 'guilty' or 'not guilty' and live with it,
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,
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.