Cliff Stearns
Cliff Stearns
Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns, Sr.was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district, serving from 1989 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 April 1941
CountryUnited States of America
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I agree that liberty at home depends on liberty in other lands, and that the force of human freedom is advancing throughout the world.
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U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.
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The terrorist attacks in London sadly remind us that the enemies of freedom do not hesitate to target innocent people simply going about their lives.
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Even if cloning begins with a benign purpose, it could lead to scientific categories of superior and inferior people,
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This is a promise and not a policy, ... I've dealt with them before in a hearing and they made promises and nothing happened. I'm not convinced.
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DeLay has a lot of power, ... I always believe power should be diffused.
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Anyone can still freely say that they hate America and everything for which it stands, they just can't burn a flag to prove their point.
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I have previously introduced legislation to move the United Nations headquarters out of New York City and out of the United States altogether.
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This is legislation that consumers deserve if we are to help them and our economy defeat the growing menace of identity theft.
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There's a subtle undertow here about buy America, ... This bill has picked up a little bit of steam because of that.
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The main part of the Hyde bill is to withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate.
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Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development.
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My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.
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I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job.