Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jose Barroso

I welcome the speed with which the commission and member states have been able to respond to the urgent request for help.

Our commission has been subject to extremely high attrition, ... with the principle reason being the fact that our employees earn substantially less than their counterparts in the other financial service regulatory agencies.

Jimmy Carter

In 1988, there was no doubt that the election was shot through with fraud. In 1994, there was tremendous improvement. In 1996, the major parties got together and helped to evolve a new electoral law that made an independent commission to conduct the whole election,

The issues that we addressed in our commitments were not material ones. At the request of the commission we made a number of commitments in order to resolve potential antitrust issues, as did Abbott.

The commission would be a conduit to our ultimate goal, which is to get federal funding.

The commission will continue until the creation of a council. The proposed new council is a major improvement.

The commission is still examining the issues. I can't talk about the deliberations that are going on.

The commission is of the view that this would provide yet another opportunity for the Syrian authorities to show greater and meaningful cooperation, and to provide any relevant substantial evidence on the assassination.

The Commission is considering making an offer on the agriculture negotiations but no decision has been taken. There will be no move today.

The Commission is confident in the objectivity and thoroughness of its investigative procedures, which presuppose no outcome to this case. This investigation continues.

The commission has noted the decree with concern.

The commission has a very strong case, I think the strongest it's ever had.

The commission has always taken its responsibilities to enforce the laws seriously.

The commission had no alternative than to let the textiles through the ports. As the commissioner said - who would pay for the mountains of trousers and pullovers if we sent them back to China? But this situation should have been anticipated and avoided.

The commission had no alternative than to let the textiles through the ports, ... As the commissioner said - who would pay for the mountains of trousers and pullovers if we sent them back to China? But this situation should have been anticipated and avoided.

The commission expects Microsoft to respect the principles established by the March 2004 decision when designing and implementing Vista.

The commission does not look at applications in isolation.

The commission discussed all the violations, ... and now we are going to take necessary decisions concerning any of these violations, and we will inform the Iraqi people about the results of this investigation.

The Commission announces elections. Whether to postpone it or not, is not the responsibility of the government.

The commission always has to consider the least-cost option.

The European Commission must either reject the funding for such projects or demand major modifications.

The European Commission is extremely pleased with what is happening.

The European Commission can't say anything about the details of the whole operation before it has been notified of it. If the Commission is notified, it will examine most painstakingly ... whether it complies with the rules of the internal market, whether rules are scrupulously observed.

George H. W. Bush

the Iraqi Election Commission has scheduled elections in January, and I would hope they'd go forward in January.

The effort to indict Saddam Hussein as a war criminal is now getting under way, and we are using our diplomacy to try to support the establishment of a war crimes commission on Iraq,

This has provided a great foundation for where the A&P Commission needs to focus its efforts in the short term and in the long term as well.

We are continuing to work with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on these issues.

It's really kind of tragic that the work of the state tuberculosis commission and the doctors and then, hiring Cass Gilbert this major name all this energy ... and then. It's tragic. It's kind of tragic.

It's tough to stand up to big business. The commission really responded to the concerns of the residents.

Richard Greenberg

I started in the era when Hollywood reveled in being the most cost-inefficient industry on the planet. They used to commission a hundred scripts for every one they made.

It took a long time getting these approvals through. We were struggling with the Coastal Commission and as the money shrank, we had to shrink the building.

Peter Mandelson

It will be the Commission doing the explaining, nobody else,

It looks like the Competition Commission wanted to show it's not a toothless institution, and took a big bite.