Dick Armey
Dick Armey
Richard Keith "Dick" Armeyis an American politician. He is a former U.S. Representative from Texas' 26th congressional districtand House Majority Leader. He was one of the engineers of the "Republican Revolution" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades. Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America. Armey is also an author and former economics professor. Since his retirement from Congress, he...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 July 1940
CountryUnited States of America
Our guys began to realize the opportunity we had,
That is not a good growth part of the package, ... I prioritized all the recommendations we had in terms of potential to create growth... and that was way down the list. When you've got better priorities, you should enact better priorities.
We're perfectly willing to spend more money on educating American people if the control of that money is in the local communities, under the local school boards,
The president's $1.6 trillion plan should be a floor, not a ceiling.
Tom DeLay has not even engaged in a formal vote count,
We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's not a doubt about it.
What this 'sunset the code' bill does is ... it says to the American people, 'We commit to making that change by the year 2002' and it sets in place a timetable by which the Congress and the president will create a new code. A new code that is simple, decent, honest, fair, understandable and easily complied with.
We can't be constrained to the $1.6 trillion package that the Bush people put together a year ago...we can do more.
trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I think we can get there.
Until we receive your commitment to follow through on their rhetorical offerings, we shall not treat these overtures as serious and will continue our efforts to force action on the daily floor proceedings until such time as we secure your personal confirmation on a fair and timely consideration on this important matter.
You cannot get ahead while you are getting even.
Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.
The reason families need two incomes today is not to support themselves but to support the government.
The American Dream is not to own your own home, but to get your kids out of it.