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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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,
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This relates to a massive number of American jobs and American enterprise being shipped overseas in circumstances of trade that are fundamentally unfair because that is the way China wants it.
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You know, I come from a rural state, I grew up around guns, ... As a teenager I had a rifle and shotgun, so ...
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We have a constitutional responsibility to use our heads, our hearts and our minds to make good decisions about the future of this country.
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When you juxtapose what happened to the people at the top and what happened to the people at the bottom it makes you sick.
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We don't make one pair of Levi's in the United States any more. Want to wear Tony Lama Boots? You're probably wearing Chinese boots. You want to eat Fig Newton cookies? You're eating a foreign product. Didn't used to be. It's Mexican now. We are seeing a wholesale movement away from this country of things that we make, products that we produce, that used to have attached to them good jobs for Americans.
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We have four cities that produce a lot of traffic for them, and we're very dependent on Northwest, ... I want to see that the airline continues to serve us with the service we need.
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The proposal is to have a presentation of the evidence by the House managers, have a presentation by the White House, and then have a vote to determine if these instances were born out by the facts, do they rise to the level of impeachment?
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Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.
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I can describe, and I've always been able to describe, what Republicans stand for in eight words, and the eight words are lower taxes, less government, strong defense and family values.
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When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control, we need to do something to help.
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When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
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The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple.
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The taxpayers deserve accountability.