Steve Ellis
Steve Ellis
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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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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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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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We're going to work on serving tough and passing tough, things we've been doing in practice. We just need to bring it to the game.
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We already hear of people saying, 'gee I like my hybrid but what's next. I want to go beyond gasoline.
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We have a clear example here that earmarks caused harm. Because we siphoned off funds to go to parochial projects, we have put people in harm's way and exposed them to greater risk. Congress needs to put its house in order and target their funding to where there's the greatest need,
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You had various fiefdoms established in the contracting process.
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We sold out, ... The midrange scooters are gone.
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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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There's nothing wrong with getting paid, ... We have punk bands in our system, and they are very happy when they get a check.
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The traditional bait and switch approach to credit card marketing doesn't work online. On the web, consumers are in the driver's seat. They are actively shopping for a card that meets their needs. Sites that make that process easy outperform those that don't.
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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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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.
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A dramatic gap is opening up between carriers that get it and those that are still struggling to make it easy on consumers. The 21st Century Insurance Web site is consistently good, which clearly means the people at 21st are working hard to make their site as good as it can be.