Roger Wicker Quotes

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• [it] may have hastened his move to the private sector because there was such an outpouring of bitter criticism...The result, if this is successful, will…
• It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.
• Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.
• Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major…
• And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect…
• Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississippi in recent weeks. They join an impressive group of high-tech…
• One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.
• Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies…
• But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood.
• Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the…
• The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on…
• It is no coincidence that our country has not been attacked since 9-11. Our initiatives to protect the homeland and aggressively take the fight to…
• Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How…
• Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools,…
• Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money.
• Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with…
• We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it…
• The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.
• The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice.
• Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase…

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