Bob Inglis
Bob Inglis
Robert Durden "Bob" Inglis, Sr.is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. Inglis was unseated in the Republican primary runoff in 2010...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 October 1959
CountryUnited States of America
thinking car house
Many conservatives, I think, see action on climate change as really an attack on a way of life. That`s really a hard pill to swallow, that the whole way that I have created my life is wrong, you`re saying, that I shouldn`t have this house in the suburb, I shouldn`t be driving this car.
fundamentals freedom-of-religion converting
The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.
students significant aids
I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.
party tea conservative
So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough for the Tea Party.
giving people complaining
Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.
teacher thinking taught
I think we`re all experiencing climate change. Experience is an effective teacher. It`s sometimes a very harsh teacher. So we will be taught about climate change.
mean medicare testing
We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.
names government homeland
The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.
change teaching past
There's a lot of Republicans who may have in the past been critical of fellow Catholics who they call 'cafeteria Catholics' who don't follow the church's teachings -- say, on abortion, but now, are they going to become 'cafeteria Catholics' themselves and not follow the church's teachings on climate change?
moving air denial
Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us?
funny humor term-limits
Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.
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In fact, NSF was the leading successful efforts to improve U.S. math and science education long before the Department of Education was even created.
denial way climate
So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.
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NSF is the only federal agency with a proven track record of selecting education projects through a rigorous, careful and competitive process that draws on a wide variety of experts from outside government.