The positive side of that legislation is it may work for some, … But unfortunately it won’t work for everybody.

What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.

His rating is a negative for the market. He has been a stock market-friendly president in terms of legislation.

This is the way legislation used to be done when I first came here. There were many good things in this conference report, but not enough. Now we have six months to get it right.

It is ironic that the legislation that may ultimately define his legacy, getting a lottery in North Carolina, could lead to his eventual downfall.

Even if Bush were to win, there’s no mandate to do any radical legislation.

What then is the relation of law to morality? Law cannot prescribe morality, it can prescribe only external actions and therefore it should prescribe only those actions whose mere fulfillment, from whatever motive, the state...

The legislation is pretty vague in that respect.

While we’re certainly optimistic about the pending legislation, this is something we could not wait any longer to address.

Those who seek to criticize this legislation under the guise of environmental concerns have it backwards as the use of the authority is specifically to protect public health,

I think we have passed a meaningful piece of legislation here today that’s certainly going to enhance mine safety. We think that the additional inspections will certainly improve mine safety.

If anything, we’ve learned that we don’t think this data’s going to be as deterministic as was previously thought, … There is even more need for this legislation until science catches up with our collective...

It would indeed be difficult to pass [legislation ] without Sen. Smith’s support, though not impossible.

The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.

the Government is not liable under the Federal Tort Claims Act for injuries to servicemen where injuries arise out of or are in the course of activity incident to service” (U.S. Supreme Court 1950). Federal...

Slovakia’s joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.

Human Nature is not a problem that can be fixed by rules and regulations. All solutions to the existing problems must be based on how people behave, not on how we think they should behave.

Extra money would be helpful. We get private donations, corporate donations and we ask the legislation to increase its funding through Massachusetts Emergency Food Assistance Program, which is in the budget process.

I can vote on bills and create an opportunity for better legislation.

The Governor agrees with the goal of the legislation, which is to ensure that New Yorkers have access to the drugs they need as he took action weeks ago to do just that when problems...

We’re pleased that the judge ruled that he remains governor and can continue to sign legislation.

This court finds that Col. Milam and Lt. Col. Elmore were acting in the scope of their duties” in 1991-1992 when Capt. Mackey alleged they harassed, intimidated and assaulted her. A legislative remedy was asked...

You do what you can to improve those ratings, sign a lot of legislation between now and then and get out among the public and make your case…and use the perks of office to increase...

The chief care of the legislators [in the colonies of New England] was the maintenance of orderly conduct and good morals in the community: thus they constantly invaded the domain of conscience, and there was...

It’s in many respects the centerpiece of this legislation, … We ought not to be doing the bill without that key element.

This legislation would deprive the U.S. of a source of leverage, such as was used to gain the release of our citizens held hostage in Iran,

We can talk and talk about what is in the book [CBI report], but legislation alone will not do it. We can talk about the Computer Misuse Act till the cows come home but unless...

It is ill-conceived legislation, … It does have some support. I will acknowledge that.

By providing this draft legislation to the Senate and the House of Representatives, the administration has taken the first step in initiating the congressional review of the US-Indian Civilian Nuclear Agreement.

The next signal has to come from the Senate president. We’ll see if the Senate caucus wants to get Taft out of this predicament; whether they will remove that part (of the legislation).

This is landmark legislation. It’s the biggest advancement in recycling in over a generation.

nothing, on the other hand, can be more impenetrable to the uninitiated than a legislation founded upon precedents.

The governor considers each piece of legislation on a case-by-case basis.

That the DOD appropriations legislation has been stuck at this 2.3 percent suggests a conscious, not a random, pattern. Could it be that the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have settled on a fixed percentage...

During question hour, executive officials are not mandated to appear. But during an inquiry in aid of legislation, they are mandated to appear except when executive privilege is properly invoked by the president.

This is legislation in disguise. If it went up in a bill, it would be debated and be subject to being amended.

Mr. Hill characterizes 69 bills being introduced in the House from the period of Oct. 24, 2004 to June 20, 2005, which received Royal Assent as a skimpy agenda. We’ve sustained over 40 votes of...

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation.

Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also should introduce a clause to prevent the use of the telescope, the...

It’s getting people actively talking about the legislation.

It is now clear that the costly regulatory burdens imposed by this legislation absolutely outweigh its benefits. The PCAOB and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act raise unconstitutional barriers to needed liquidity, discourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and hinder...

then working on legislation to match the numbers.

People are tired of all the litigation. They’re tired of the high insurance costs. The legislation will require all developers to use better practices that the good developers are using now and should result in...

That vote may be an issue if Cheney were going to be the person signing legislation or proposing legislation, but he’s not, … It’s going to be George W. Bush, who’s already told us he’s...

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

This legislation brings to bear instruments of leverage sufficient to the task, the most important being tying the U.S. financial contribution to a series of readily understandable benchmarks.

We think it is very significant. We celebrate the fact that a state has put forth legislation that has no exception. We believe when it gets to the Supreme Court… the court could use (the...

Any legislation we support will have to include visa programs.

The legislation might have passed if he had waited, but it would have been on Page 8 of the nation’s newspapers.

We very strongly want to see good financial services modernization legislation passed this year, … The bill that came out of the Senate banking committee does not meet these requisites.