Robert Torricelli
Robert Torricelli
Robert Guy Torricelli, nicknamed "the Torch", is an American politician who served as the United States senator from New Jersey from 1997 to 2003 and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 9th district from 1983 to 1997. From 1999 to 2000, he served as the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 August 1951
CountryUnited States of America
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The committee now finds itself in the position that after several months of preparation, having reviewed attendees at 102 coffees involving approximately 1,100 people over the scope of 18 months of the 1996 presidential campaign, we are left with the question of whether or not one or two people remember that there was a financial solicitation.
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I do not consider this a condition ... But it is an important consideration to me to ensure that our national security be protected.
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I begin this hearing by simply suggesting to my colleagues, this is problem that we Americans in some measure brought upon ourselves, ... The American campaign finance system has been an accident waiting to happen.
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I most certainly have made mistakes, ... There will be those who concluded that those mistakes bring justice to this moment because there's a price to pay. When did we become such an unforgiving people?
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Scaling back the campaign finance reform bill may get more Republicans aboard, but it leaves many of us who have been involved in the reform movement for years in believing that we are doing something and accomplishing nothing.
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The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.
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Ten of those Republican incumbents, all of whom voted for the impeachment of President Clinton, are from states that Bill Clinton carried.
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I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.
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Nobody told me when I became a Democrat that that involved opposition to lower taxes.
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There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee... This was all stuff that was previously known.
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If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.
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Let's deal with each other honestly.