Steve Ellis
Steve Ellis
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The Corps of Engineers and Congress are partners in crime. We have this process where the pork barrel dictates that we spread the money over the 535 mouths to feed that are Congress rather than putting our resources where it makes the most sense.
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Being able to extend E-mail to executives who aren't at their desks is a real productivity win for us.
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If you needed to talk (about) any family problems, any girlfriend problems or any football issues, his office was always open. His telephone line was always convenient.
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Anything that isn't nailed down, they pick up and take home to their districts.
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Banks can offer significant time savings and convenience to small business people. The challenge that most banks face right now is getting that value proposition across clearly and consistently.
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Congress and the SBA appeared to be more interested in shoveling the money out than they were in actually making sure that they were helping people affected by the 9/11 attacks.
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They already have experience with limited infrastructure, with high-pressure gaseous storage on board. They're comfortable with it. They've crossed that hurdle. Hybrid drivers haven't done that yet.
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They're asking for a $40 billion blank check. It is a huge amount of money that would be essentially front-ended as appropriations, and then driven independent of Washington oversight.
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There's a lot of talk these days about the long tail , but not that many companies are getting artists paid, ... Our people are long tail and they get checks from us.
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They've hijacked the bill to spend money on their toys. You have the V-22, which isn't even ready for fielding and it's getting money in the supplemental.
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It's a $2.4 trillion budget. There's work for everybody.
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For an executive, a notebook isn't that portable. The BlackBerry is a truly portable device.
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It's passing the buck, literally. There are no profiles in courage in the Senate on this.
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This bill boggles the mind. Brazen doesn't begin to describe it. The Louisiana delegation is using Katrina as an excuse to resurrect a laundry list of pork projects.