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It's Orwellian. The pharmaceutical lobby writes the bill, passes it, and then they run ads thanking them for passing it.

Richard Gephardt

 

Our plan will help families and businesses cut energy costs now, ... It will make America a world leader in energy efficiency, through our bottomless capacity in innovation and new technology to improve people's lives. We will create traditional and renewable sources of energy without sacrificing the environment and our children's future.

Richard Gephardt

 America

This is an exciting ticket. These are two very able and qualified individuals.

Richard Gephardt

 

If enacted this year, campaign finance reform would reduce the power of corporations and wealthy individuals in our politics, ... Unfortunately, the special interests and their Republican allies in Congress are fighting to keep these bills from passing.

Richard Gephardt

 Corporations

He is, and further than that, if he were subject to blackmail, it would have been before a lot of this stuff was publicly known,

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Obviously, you don't get everything you want, ... But I think [the committee] threaded the needle in terms of balancing constitutional protections with giving proper authority to the attorney general and to the law enforcement agencies to be able to carry out the best investigation -- hopefully successful investigation -- that we can.

Richard Gephardt

 

I think there's a sense of urgency about getting this done and getting it done by next Tuesday when the president would have to start vetoing bills if it's not done,

Richard Gephardt

 

I think there's a sense of urgency about getting this done and getting it done by next Tuesday when the president would have to start vetoing bills if it's not done.

Richard Gephardt

 

For the president to claim that spending -- as opposed to the tax cut -- is at the root of the problem is simply to pass the buck.

Richard Gephardt

 

I don't think there is a way to prove that, but I think we all suspect that, ... I think it is clear that these are people that are both up to no good and people that knew what they are doing.

Richard Gephardt