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
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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,
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I think there's a sense of urgency about getting this done and getting it done by next Tuesday when the president would have to start vetoing bills if it's not done,
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I think you can disagree with someone and still deeply respect them and like them, as I like the president and respect the president,
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The Supreme Court has made its decision. We support and respect Vice President Gore's right to respond on his own time schedule. Until he does so, we will have no comment.
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The new president came to town saying he would change the tone and change the climate in Washington, ... I guess we didn't realize it was the actual climate that he wanted to change.
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For the president to claim that spending -- as opposed to the tax cut -- is at the root of the problem is simply to pass the buck.
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This is happening without a budget, without hearings, without input from anybody,
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The Republicans say the government ought to be run like a business, ... How many businesses give dividends without knowing their profits?
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It's in a state of flux, ... It's in a state of negotiation.
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I think we've got to stop parsing words and trying to be anything other than accurate about what this is, ... This is highly sophisticated material. It is small in size and it aerosolizes.
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It's Orwellian. The pharmaceutical lobby writes the bill, passes it, and then they run ads thanking them for passing it.
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In an era when our gravest security threats are covert, when troops must be committed on the basis of scraps of intelligence, not flag-waving invasions from overseas, how can we compromise the integrity of our word?
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They are rushing, ... I suppose because they are worried about the facts getting out, they are worried about this budget being examined.
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I plead with members, turn down this budget, and let's do a budget that doesn't send this country back into deficits,