30 Quotes by Jim Jeffords

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    We have a responsibility to ensure that every individual has the opportunity to receive a high-quality education, from prekindergarten to elementary and secondary, to special education, to technical and higher education and beyond.

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    Some might take exception to the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant. But those of us gathered here today know that with American ingenuity we can achieve the reductions in the Clean Power Act without shutting out the lights,

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    Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.

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    It is clear Judge Roberts has the necessary legal experience and character to be the chief justice.

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    I think it's not oriented as well is it could be for those who need it, especially the low-income people needing health insurance and others who need funds just to live, so I think it's oriented the wrong way and I think it's a little bit too big,

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    It is long past time for this industry to make a transition to clean, safe energy sources, ... The public can no longer tolerate the health and environmental threats caused by continued reliance on old, dirty coal plants.

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    It is important each side has the opportunity to express itself, ... But we need to exit one way or the other.

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    My change in affiliation is to become effective at the close of business on either the first day of the session following the upcoming Memorial Day recess, or the close of business on the date of transmittal (of the tax bill), whichever occurs later.

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