Martin Frost
Martin Frost
Jonas Martin Frost IIIis an American politician, who was the Democratic representative to the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas's 24th congressional district from 1979 to 2005...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1942
CountryUnited States of America
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needs to do a prime time broadcast when people are watching. He does need to explain this to the American people.
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I think what's happened is everybody's kind of gotten beyond all this business with the president, and now they're focusing on issues that directly affect their lives: education, health care, the future of Social Security.
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It had nothing to do with voting, ... It had everything to do with the fact that they were appreciative of things I did over the years to help the employees and the company.
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I think Tony obviously has credibility ... He's somebody that the press respects. He'll obviously have to tone things down a little bit if he's criticized the president on some past issues. He's the president's spokesman now and he can't differ with the president.
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I think he was a good choice and I think it's good for the president to put somebody out with somebody like Tony who has credibility and let's hope that people can work together in Washington a little bit more.
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I think he just decided that it was time to consider other options. It's no secret that he's considering running for president. I don't know whether he will or not, but he's at least considering that and I think it was time for him to move on.
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Management conveyed that if they didn't have certainty that things are settled with the unions, they will be looking at bankruptcy,
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The 14th District is our No. 1 challenge race in the state of Texas.
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I think she's doing exactly the right thing. Hillary is a very shrewd, smart politician,
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We said, 'We understand you're interested in coming. So, sure, come,'
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was not something that was a prerequisite to moving forward.
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While many members of Congress have some reservations, members of Congress by and large have decided this is the right thing to do at the right time. But now he must take this to the public,
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If the board is uncomfortable with the financial situation, and if the board does not feel like these agreements will go forward, the board could vote to file Chapter 11 (Thursday).
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We felt all along that there was a serious voting rights violation in the way these districts were drawn, particularly involving the black voters in Fort Worth. I hope they'll throw the districts out.