Sam Brownback
Sam Brownback
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownbackis an American politician currently serving as Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives during the Republican Revolution of 1994, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term, before running in a 1996 special election for the Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won that election, and two regular elections following, serving until 2011. He ran for president in 2008, but withdrew...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 September 1956
CityGarnett, KS
CountryUnited States of America
It is far easier to get divorced from somebody you've been married to for 10 years and have three children by than to fire somebody that's worked for you for one year.
The historical relationship between Christians and Jews for most of the two thousand years of Christianity has not been good and it's been mostly persecution by Christians of Jews - not all the time, not every place, but mostly it's been that. I think that's just a terribly regretful thing. I don't see it anywhere in the Scriptures that I read, that Christians are to persecute Jews. I think it's been quite damaging. I think it's been a bad witness.
As I noted to my colleagues in the Roberts' hearings, in a year between 80 percent to 90 percent of the children in America diagnosed with Down's Syndrome will be killed in the womb simply because they have a positive genetic test which can be wrong, and is often wrong, but they would have a positive genetic test for Down's Syndrome and they will be killed.America is poorer because of such a policy.
In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court.
I have not determined ... at this point, how I would vote,
I'm not surprised and it shows the maturity of the party. They wanted a clear nominee.
I want to ask her about it (the speeches) and her philosophy.
We want a nominee that's set, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set,
we just don't know her background on judicial restraint and on the Constitution.
at the end of the day, we were not given the documents that we believed we needed to give good advice and consent on this nomination.
This is a bipartisan effort. This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
This is a bipartisan effort, ... This is just good common sense. This is where the public wants us to go. They want us to not be so dependent on foreign oil.
Them providing this type of information from the White House is almost a risk they assume when you nominate a candidate that's from inside the White House,
an individual of unquestionable qualifications and a long judicial track record.