Ken Johnson
Ken Johnson
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We demographers are hardly a wild and crazy lot. Most of what we'll be doing is answering questions about what this means.
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We are considering the possibility of issuing a subpoena to Martha Stewart to appear before our committee. However, Chairman (Billy) Tauzin (R-La.) has not made a final decision.
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We recognize that a medicine that sits on the shelf, out of reach financially, doesn't help anyone. So, we're trying to make sure people don't fall through the cracks.
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There is a tremendous amount of information that we're pouring through, everything from tire tests to rollover data going back 10 years,
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We're going to do anything we can do to try to piece this puzzle together.
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We're still hopeful he'll agree to testify, ... If he declines, we have a very important hearing next week and we'll go ahead without him. Ford has been very cooperative in providing information. They've offered two very high-ranking officials (to testify). We'll see what they have to say. One way or another we'll get to the bottom of this.
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We wanted to use those first three games to get better. I think we did.
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If a doctor breaks securities laws or his or her confidentiality agreement with a pharmaceutical research company to gain financially, they should be severely punished.
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If it turns out it is true -- that they were shredding documents while knowing inquiries were under way by Congress and the Department of Justice -- somebody's probably going to be in hot water.
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If we made one mistake when we passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 it's that we didn't reform the agency at the same time we reformed the law. We intend to vigorously pursue a very ambitious and aggressive agenda, which will include a top-to-bottom look at the FCC.
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Today it's a little different, we're kind of isolated. We're kind of all in our separate entities and all our separate worlds, and I think that's what's happening a lot and that's why our kids, in a sense, are being threatened.
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Basically everyone would be asking congressional committees for investigative documents and records.
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I work for an industry that's kind of misunderstood.
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If they're making less than $37,000 for a family of four, they probably can get some assistance.