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For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress.


Mary Bono


#asking #attempts #authority #cease #clear

Every proper exertion has been made and will be continued to carry out the wishes of Congress in relation to the tobacco trade, as indicated in the several resolutions of the House of Representatives and the legislation of the two branches.


Martin Van Buren


#branches #carry #congress #continued #every

I don't believe an Alliance government should sponsor legislation on abortion or a referendum on abortion.


Stephen Harper


#alliance #believe #government #i #legislation

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.


Andrew Johnson


#injury #interest #interests #just #legislation

The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.


Florence Kelley


#affecting #commerce #country #directly #fact

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.


Madeleine Albright


#am #american #born #comprehensive #continue

This legislation gives parents some comfort that their children won't fall prey to child predators while using the Internet at schools and libraries that receive federal dollars for Internet services.


Judy Biggert


#children #comfort #dollars #fall #federal

President Kennedy understood the importance of equal pay for equal work and signed historic legislation that gave women around the country hope that one day their wages would be on par with that of their male counterparts.


Rosa DeLauro


#counterparts #country #day #equal #equal pay

Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.


Sherwood Boehlert


#environmental #excuse #extreme #gifts #give

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more gasoline. Or we can pass concrete, effective legislation that will save consumers money while significantly reducing U.S. oil consumption.


Sherwood Boehlert


#back #burn #choice #clear #concrete






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