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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She is universally known without the difficulties of organizing or raising funds,
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I know that's your testimony, Senator Torricelli, but it is not accurate.
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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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Not every American will have Sen. Jeffords' opportunity to so profoundly affect the agenda of our country and the lives of so many working families, ... But every American has the opportunity to exercise moral courage and join the fight to improve our neighbors' lives and the quality of their communities.
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Don't feel badly for me. I've changed people's lives,
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We do not meet our responsibilities to the American people if we do not take an honest look at the federal government and all of its agencies and let the country know what went wrong.
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Costs are threatening to ruin them financially and put them out of business.
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It would be unforgivable if a corporation, or a charity, or a church, or a family member were to provide financial help for any of these families only to have the government take a share in taxation,
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This is the definitive day, and if Al Gore cannot persuade the Florida Supreme Court so that both the certification and the Florida Legislature (are) on the same side of this ledger, then this battle is over.
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This administration gave the Tehran government another chance ... and they don't deserve any more chances. It's time to bring that government to an end.
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as close to a betrayal of the interests of the United States as I've ever witnessed in the United States Congress. It's unforgivable and reprehensible.
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Do you have an explanation you could share with the committee of why Mr. Ickes would call you and ask you to shred a document which he then produced himself and had in his own files? ... He's asking you to destroy a document which he made a point of retaining and then produced.
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These brave family members are here today to ask the House to cede to Senate provisions and pass this bill before Congress returns home for Christmas recess, ... It's not a lot to ask and it has to happen.