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
We can't be constrained to the $1.6 trillion package that the Bush people put together a year ago...we can do more.
If language is properly written with respect to instant checks at gun shows, I think I could support that.
I gave it a lot of thought. I've been traveling around the country. I've been thinking about that option. The fact of the matter is when it came right down to it, I decided while that race would be very do-able and the opportunity would have existed to do that, that's too many nights on the road, too many weekends away from this family.
Information is the lifeblood of a market, ... It is also poison to dictators.
I don't think there will be time for another tax bill. We're talking about three or four months ... of finely tuned agreements, ... You don't just go back over the weekend and put it back together again. It's not realistic, it's simply not realistic.
Doing the wrong thing is worse than doing nothing, ... And Senator Daschle seems to be committed to doing nothing, unless he can get others to agree to do the wrong thing.
the next election ahead of next year's security.
It is with deep regret and sense of apology that I inform members we are unable to do further work this evening on legislative business.
still working with members. This is so important that we'll take whatever time we need to get it right.
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.
a concession, not an apology, that appeared to be a cold calculation designed to protect himself...
It's going to be tougher and tougher to get the votes (in the House) if China doesn't quit threatening Taiwan.
It's time really for the White House to send their people up here. Let's get to the tables. Let's get it negotiated. And let's get it done. It's altogether possible that would be done if they'll just come to work.
It won't happen as long as Clinton is president,