Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 February 1964
CountryUnited States of America
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We've got some challenges, but I think we've got the capability to be a North Carolina School of Excellence, ... I don't know how long that will take, but it can be done.
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I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.
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I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.
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What I don't want to do is restrict law-abiding citizens from their Second Amendment rights, which are focused on freedom. I point out all the time. Remember, bad guys aren't stupid, they're just bad.
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We need to think beyond the next election and we need to go on the offensive NOW. Simply put we need to be strategic and long term and beat them at their own game.
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When we're done, piping plover and habitat will still be out there. The consensus is, if we do nothing, the habitat is going to go away.
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He's easily the most powerful Republican on Capitol Hill, and nobody's in his weight class. He exerts the kind of discipline that hasn't been seen in decades.
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He was one of my boys. He was just one of those scrappy little kids, who wouldn't give up. He worked hard, he trained hard and he maintained his training.
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He reminded Democratic activists this week how talented he is and how good he can be.
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Here's the final word from a giant of American jurisprudence on the methods, motives and ethics of Ken Starr.
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He did his best, and cleverly, to imply that he's sympathetic to Roe and its value as precedent. But we'd be foolish to take his testimony as an assurance that he's supportive of the right to choice or even the more fundamental right to privacy.
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He was an underdog all the way. It was real surprising for him to finish second.
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Given the manner in which this hearing has been arranged, members have raised the possibility of not attending.
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From almost every standpoint -- the national political environment, the state political environments, recruiting, retention, fundraising -- Democratic candidates are in exceedingly strong shape. Because of the map, a flip in either chamber is significantly harder, but you can certainly see how it's done.