Byron Dorgan
Byron Dorgan
Byron Leslie Dorganis a former United States Senator and United States Congressman from North Dakota and currently serves as a senior policy advisor for the Washington, DC law firm Arent Fox LLP. He served 12 years in the U.S. House and 18 years in the Senate. He was a member of the Senate Democratic leadership for 16 years, first as Assistant Democratic Floor Leader and then as Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee and Chairman of the Committee on Indian...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 May 1942
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I think this is nonnegotiable, ... You've waited too long.
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Most likely Congress will do little or nothing but talk a great deal and hold hearings,
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How could regulators have sat by? ... Were they or asleep or brain dead?
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Complaints that the selection process was inadequate are significant and come from people in a position to know the facts, ... I think such an investigation is not only appropriate but very much needed.
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It's very important for Congress to be able to do its work, to fully investigate what has happened here, for us to have information about all of these partnerships,
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Congress is going to slap on the penalties unless you and commissioner Selig do it first.
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I don't need 45 days to know this is a bad idea. I could tell you that after 45 minutes.
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Frankly, I don't think his next-year's budget adds up,
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It's not too late to have adequate controls on that which is spent on the reconstruction and on the contracting in Iraq,
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None of us knows much about pricing, but we see the pain of consumers and we see the gains of the companies.
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Consumers need relief from high energy prices. Talk is cheap. The price of energy is not. Congress needs to act.
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Everyone expects American businesses to make a profit and I don't begrudge them that, ... But the big oil companies are now reaping an unbelievable windfall, and it's time for Congress to help consumers.
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I think when someone runs a $10 billion company into the ground, the last thing you do is give him a bonus. Pay is based on performance. When somebody is cooking the books and running a company into the ground, you don't give them big bonuses. That's not rocket science.
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We simply must ensure accountability for these massive expenditures -- so that these dollars don't just wind up lining the pockets of unscrupulous contractors, as we've seen all too often in Iraq,