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I do feel we can create more jobs and opportunities for Jersey City residents, but in the spirit of free enterprise, I do not think… — Vincent Frank
It was pretty awful for us children because we never really knew the local children. Mother was keen for us to learn languages, so our… — Mary Wesley
Especially with the predators, one of the things that gets these programs going on a local level is for our land management agencies to build… — Gale Norton
Amtrak is extremely important to the economy of Southern Illinois and I will continue to work with state and local leaders and my colleagues in… — Jerry Costello
One of the local reporters assured me Garrison would put in an appearance for the cross-examination, but as the courtroom settled down and the rear… — James Kirkwood
What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like. — Susan George
By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue that affects our… — Roy Barnes
The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed… — Dick Thornburgh
The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in… — Dick Thornburgh
Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to… — Dick Thornburgh
Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates. — Samuel Wilson
Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development. — Cliff Stearns
In these difficult financial times for so many of our districts, as our local leaders strive to balance their budgets by cutting services, we would… — Louise Slaughter
At the federal level, we must help, not hinder, local school boards, parents, teachers and administrators as they make decisions about educating our children. — Mark Kennedy
Part of Washington keeping its promises is a focus on directing more dollars into our local classrooms. — Mark Kennedy
We must continue to work hard on the federal level, to make sure that our local law enforcement and communities have the tools and resources… — Mark Kennedy
Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of… — Pat Brown
Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they… — Pat Brown
And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square;… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
It is during difficult times like this that the true American spirit reveals itself. I am not talking only of the response of local, state,… — Jo Bonner

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