List of Byron Dorgan Quotes

When Farmers And Ranchers Are Confronted By Weather-related Disasters That Are Beyond Their Control, We Need To Do Something To Help.

I Came Into American Politics And Into This Political System Proud Of Politics And The Way We Make Decisions.

President Eisenhower Saw It Coming, And It Is Here. Patriotism No Longer Exists Among Many Of These Corporations. Some Companies Have More Economic Clout Than Entire Countries. They Can Make Or Break A Politician.

I Am Proud To Be In The Senate. I Have Always Been Proud To Be A Part Of Our Political System. It Is A Remarkable Privilege To Participate In This System Of Ours.

The Gains We Made In The United States That Have Made Our Country Great Have, In Large Part, Been Made Over The Opposition Of Major Corporations. On Nearly Every Issue, From Fair Labor Standards, To The Minimum Wage, To Environmental Standards, To Standards For A Safe Workplace, Corporations Have Fought Against Them Every Step Of The Way.

This Galloping Concentration In Broadcast Ownership Is Unhealthy.

All Of Us Aspire To Give Our Children Something More, Leave A Country To Our Children That Is A Better One, A Stronger One, With Better Jobs And Growth And Opportunity.

If The Administration Does Nothing, High Gasoline Prices Will Continue To Increasingly Burden Our Economy, Taking Millions Of Dollars Out Of The Hands Of Families And Putting It Straight Into The Pockets Of Opec.

The Taxpayers Deserve Accountability.

Nowhere In This Country Should We Have Laws That Permit Drinking And Driving Or Drinking In Vehicles That Are On American Highways. This Is Not Rocket Science. We Know How To Prevent This, And 36 States Do.

This Country Lacks The Backbone And The Spine And The Will To Demand Fair Trade And Stand Up For Our Products. If Our Producers Can't Compete, Shame On Us. Then We Lose. But Requiring Our Producers To Compete When The Game Is Rigged, Saying Our Producers Ought To Compete, When Foreign Markets Are Closed To Us, Is Fundamentally Wrong.

The Bush Administration And The Congress Have To Stop Ignoring This Crisis In International Trade. The Longer We Ignore It, The More American Jobs Will Move Overseas. It's Just That Simple.