John Boehner Quotes
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We can continue to make significant strides in the scientific community by exploring new stem cell research methods that do not include destroying human embryos.
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During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away.
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One more time? We've done this. We've done this at least four times where there's a new government program to help homeowners who have trouble with their mortgages. None of these programs have worked. I don't know why anyone would think that this next idea is going to work. All it does is delay the clearing of the market. As soon as the market clears and we understand where the prices really are - that will be the most important thing we can do in order to improve home values around the country.
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Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of American's who were saying, 'Stop!'
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Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you've got more carbon dioxide.
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The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you've got more carbon dioxide.
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We ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal.
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When you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it. Why do we want to make it harder for small employers to hire people?
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Our challenge, our opportunity is to pass common-sense solutions ... that repeal ObamaCare and replace it with patient-centered reforms that will help our constituents have better access to high-quality health care in America.
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We believe the super stock option will become a reality before the end of 2000, ... It's a good idea whose time has come.
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The world is starving for American leadership. But America has an anti-war president.
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They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to al Qaeda.
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Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.
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I'm what you'd call a regular guy with a big job.
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ALEC, has been I think a wonderful organization. Not only does it bring like-minded legislators together. But the private sector engagement in partnership in ALEC is really what I think makes it the organization that it is.
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We spend more money on antacids than we do on politics.
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While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.
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The American people probably aren't going to fall in love with Mitt Romney.
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Trust me. I'm going to make sure this healthcare bill is never, ever, ever implemented.
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Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people.
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Remember when Ronald Reagan was president? We had Bob Hope. We had Johnny Cash. Think about where we are today. We have got President Obama. But we have no hope and we have no cash.
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Jeb Bush is my friend. I think he'd make a great president. I've nudged him for some time.
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House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.
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You can't be somebody that you're not, because all of you shows up.
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I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.
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In this time of challenge, I am asking the prime minister to address Congress on the grave threats radical Islam and Iran pose to our security and way of life.
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The American people have issues. They've got concerns. We need solutions, solutions to the issues that the American people care about that are built on our principles.
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Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.
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It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American people are still demanding and asking the question, 'Where are the jobs?' And the reason we don't have new jobs is because of the job-killing agenda pursued by President Obama and his allies in the Congress.
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Well, any good comeback needs some true believers.
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John Boehner
- Born: November 17, 1949
- Occupation: Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
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