Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrichis an American political consultant, former politician, and historian. He represented Georgia's 6th congressional district as a Republican from 1979 until his resignation in 1999, and served as the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. In 2012, Gingrich was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomination...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 June 1943
CityHarrisburg, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Could it be possible that their bureaucrats don't have a clue about how the modern, instantaneous, real-time, worldwide money-markets work?
This is the people's house, and I deplore the actions of the person who brought violence within these sacred halls.
I spent 40 years of my life getting us here, ... The idea that I would be the excuse to cannibalize the majority is so sickening I couldn't risk it.
My hope is that military planning will be designed to coerce him or replace him and will not simply punish him and leave him in charge of building the weapons, ... That's not a victory. That's a defeat.
If we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?
I don't think anybody should be a distraction, ... I think the country is bigger than all of us.
For so many Americans, what goes on here in Washington often seems abstract and remote, unrelated to their daily concerns,
Assuming that 1997 is a continuation of what he (Clinton) campaigned on this year, there's no reason that we can't find common ground.
The current system failed and we have to dramatically improve it, dramatically change it and we'd better do it now before another hurricane or before a terrorist attack... Is Bush going to face up to the absolute disaster of the state, city and federal government failing to perform? ...The country knows (the system) failed.
I believe that whatever that document is -- inevitably and legitimately -- the American people should have access to (it). Certainly all of the members will want access, the senators will want access... ... We think it is, frankly, more legitimate and more in the spirit of what we are trying to do ... for everyone to have access to it.
The key was to do it in a legal and ethical way that everybody can look at and say, 'Yes, this sets the right standard for the U.S. House of Representatives and this is the way people should act in a responsible manner,
I urge my colleagues to pick leaders who can both reconcile and discipline, who can work together and communicate effectively.
How this president handles the Middle East in general and wins in Iraq in particular will be probably the most important definition of his presidency.
Paul Coverdell lived a life that we can all be proud of and look up to,