"Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico……" — Dick Thornburgh
"Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year."
—
Dick Thornburgh
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
20 Quotes by Dick Thornburgh
Dick Thornburgh has 20 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers…
-
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law…
-
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive…
-
The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment…
-
After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first…
-
Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is…
-
If Congress does its job in this regard, the residents of Puerto Rico will be empowered to act in their…
-
The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my…
-
As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional…
-
That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek…
-
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto…
-
Yet, individuals and corporations in Puerto Rico pay no federal income tax.
See all 20 quotes by Dick Thornburgh »
More Approximately Quotes
This quote is filed under Approximately Quotes,
one of 141 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a…
— Julian Assange
-
Eugene is located in western Oregon, approximately 278 billion miles from anything.
— Dave Barry
-
I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.
— Dave Barry
-
Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.
— Robert A Brady
-
My approach to cutting spending as president, is to do a ten percent across the board cut of all federal…
— Herman Cain
-
The risk of developing carcinoma of the lung increases steadily as the amount smoked increases. If the risk among non-smokers…
— Richard Doll
-
Many statements about God are confidently made by theologians on grounds that today at least sound specious. Thomas Aquinas claimed…
— Carl Sagan
-
A multitude of souls fall into the depths of Hell, and it is of the faith that all who die…
— Anthony Mary Claret
-
Domestic violence causes far more pain than the visible marks of bruises and scars. It is devastating to be abused…
— Dianne Feinstein
-
We have approximately 60,000 thoughts in a day. Unfortunately, 95% of them are thoughts we had the day before.
— Deepak Chopra
-
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture…
— Arnold Bennett
-
For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call…
— Tycho Brahe
See all 141 Approximately Quotes »