#billion

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#billions #buy #candidate #could #dollars

In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#american #billion #depression #different #during

Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

#american lives #billion #came #caused #claimed

The world spends $40 billion a year on pet food. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#billion #food #spends #world #year

The tax code is not the only area where the administration is helping the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It has spent $155 billion for an unnecessary war driven by fear. ↗

— Dennis Kucinich

#area #billion #code #driven #fear

I've got billions of sparrows to worry about as well as everything else'. So there's the whole idea that whatever it is that you believe, it can never be valid unless you have some consensus reality demonstration. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#believe #billions #consensus #demonstration #else

Our foreign-exchange reserves when I took over were no more than a billion dollars; that is, roughly equal to two weeks' imports. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#dollars #equal #i #imports #more

Commodity prices are at a record high. In 1933, the world's population was just over 2 billion people. Today, there are 7 billion mouths to feed - many of them depending on American agriculture. ↗

— Debbie Stabenow

#american #billion #commodity #depending #feed

I was with Ted Turner when he came to see Kofi Annan - the Secretary-General of the UN - to announce his decision to put $1 billion to the service of UN projects and programs. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#billion #came #decision #his #i

Why should a company like Wal-Mart - who made $10 billion last year alone - be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs? ↗

— John Sweeney

#alone #bill #billion #care costs #company