Phil Gramm
Phil Gramm
William Philip "Phil" Grammis an American economist and politician, who has served as a Democratic Congressman, a Republican Congressmanand a Republican Senatorfrom Texas. He later became a lobbyist for UBS and founded a public policy and lobbying firm, Gramm Partners. He was a senior economic adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign from the summer of 2007 until July 18, 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth8 July 1942
CountryUnited States of America
No other issue has created as much concern in this bill as the issue of whether employers can be sued as a result of a dispute that arises out of the liability sections of this bill,
People want to be on both sides of the issue. They want to say the president's not guilty, (and) they want to say the president's guilty, ... Meet The Press.
Shifting the burden of proof will change the way the IRS does business,
Mr. Chairman, please don't try to fix an economy that isn't broken, ... Don't become so frightened by success that you throw wet blankets on a fire that isn't burning.
When this is over, the important thing will be whether we can say that we rendered impartial justice.
Quite frankly, I'd rather go to the dentist. But I intend to go,
Each member is going to answer for where they were when Medicare went broke,
The world changes, and Congress and the laws have to change with it,
I want a program to get us started,
The way out is to vote 'guilty' or 'not guilty' and live with it,
This bill was intended to keep America on top of the high-tech industry,
The fact that I may not vote for conviction doesn't matter, as long as there is justice,
We're here in a debate with a vote coming that one wanted, but here it is,
That's up to Sen. Gramm to analyze and come to some conclusion about.