Richard Gephardt
Richard Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardtis an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 January 1941
CitySt. Louis, MO
budget country plead send turn
I plead with members, turn down this budget, and let's do a budget that doesn't send this country back into deficits,
fix problems
I think now that it's passed, we need to let it go into being and then see the problems and then try to fix them,
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He is, and further than that, if he were subject to blackmail, it would have been before a lot of this stuff was publicly known,
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In order to address this problem we need a balanced program, ... The program we are announcing today, we feel, is that balanced program. We have worked hard to roll out a set of policies that will address our short and long-term energy needs.
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I must tell you I am ashamed when top leaders in this country and citizens of this country and even the president of the United States suggest to the people of this country that there should be an amendment to the constitution to take away rights from people rather than giving rights to people,
ethics house process talk
This is not something where I go off and make decisions. I have to talk to my colleagues, talk with the caucus. We have an ethics process in this House that has to be respected. We're going to do these things in the right way,
test
This is a test for our country, ... This Week.
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A lot of employees have lost their jobs and, as I understand it, their pensions are probably in question now. This needs to be looked at.
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Some would argue that this is just about trade, ... I would remind them that our greatest export is not our products ... Our greatest export is our ideals and our values.
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Less than 1 percent of his tax cut takes effect this year. All economists are saying it does not stimulate the economy and I would argue it would have the opposite effect,
bringing brought people sick
The same people who brought us impeachment are now bringing us Elian, ... The American people are sick of it. Enough already.
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I suggest to members that we're making a mistake with this budget, ... It's a $2 trillion-plus tax cut that mostly goes to the richest Americans.
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Over the years, these huge contributions have come into the system and politics in most Americans' eyes today is more about money and big money than anything else, and it has to change,
congress together
We are working together here in the Congress in a completely nonpartisan way,