Nick Rahall Quotes

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• Simply put, I believe we should not seek the lowest common denominator when it comes to wilderness and saddle a wilderness designation with exceptions, exclusions,…
• The President's announcement sounded less like a national energy plan than like a page from an election-year play book. This Administration's plan to reduce obscene…
• Today, our actions must be motivated only by our intense desire to achieve a just and lasting peace. The compassion and charity of the American…
• We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale.
• With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would…
• Wilderness is not defined by the absence of certain activities, but rather by the presence of certain unique and invaluable characteristics.
• Reasonable, even intelligent people can, and frequently do, disagree on how best to achieve peace in the Middle East, but, peace must be the goal…
• The spirit of Christmas is - and hopefully always will be - about goodwill and generosity to others and peace on earth.
• But through world wars and a Great Depression, through painful social upheaval and a Cold War, and now through the attacks of September 11, 2001,…
• Over the last six years, airlines have experienced severe financial pressure to leave smaller communities, making demands on the EAS program even greater.
• America, 5 years after this brutal attack, is testament that a Nation conceived in liberty and equality will endure. It is a triumph of millions…
• A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure.
• For hundreds of millions of Americans who believe in God, prayer is our bridge between Earth and Heaven, our way of opening our hearts to…
• A free people, free to believe as we wish, free to speak our minds, free to raise our children as we see fit, will, make…
• Peace cannot come from punishing the Palestinian people.
• I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the…
• Madam Speaker, I have spent more than half my life as a member of the Resources Committee. In that time I have supported numerous wilderness…
• As a people of faith, we know that prayer is a powerful instrument. And as one Nation under God, we know that many times our…
• Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great Country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and…
• Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.

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