Dennis Hastert
Dennis Hastert
John Dennis "Denny" Hastertis a former politician from Illinois, the 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1999 to 2007, and an admitted serial child molester. He represented Illinois's 14th congressional district in the House for twenty years, 1987 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House in history. In 2015, Hastert pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges of structuring financial transactions to conceal payments to an individual whom he had sexually abused...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth2 January 1942
CityAurora, IL
CountryUnited States of America
The American people are really kind of tired of this finger-pointing issue and politics all the time, ... I think it would behoove all of us to work together to try to find the answers.
The American people want us to go to work. They want us to produce good policy, ... The ability for us to save Social Security and Medicare in the future, the ability to give American workers and working families more of their money so that they can keep it in their pocket instead of giving it to the tax collectors.
It's going to be an election year, ... That means, sometimes, that this business gets right contentious and we have committed ourselves to try to meet as often as possible to try to work out whatever difficulties that we can.
Back in 1935, there were 42 workers for every retiree. Today, in regards to Social Security, we only have 3 workers for every retiree.
It's a good blueprint for America's future, ... We're also pleased this Congress can get its work done.
There may be some things we think will make the bill better, ... It certainly will be in consultation with the White House. But, you know, the president set the limit and I think that's what we're going to work for.
I agree with you that should work together in a bipartisan fashion, and I believe this work product is a result of a hard-fought compromise.
Number one, you have to clean up and neutralize the situation in New Orleans so that they can get in and do the work there. And of course also in Alabama and Mississippi,
I pledge to work with those Democrats who want to work with me.
I think there are some areas we can work together on to try to find some compromises,
This is one of the toughest, most complex pieces of legislation that we've tried to put together in our lifetime,
I've never run a plantation before. I'm not even sure what kind of association she's trying to make. If she's trying to be racist, I think that's unfortunate.
I know that the news of dismal economic forecasts and the layoffs in the technology sector has some people in the industry worried,
It is important that when we rebuild this historic city that we consider the safety of the citizens first.