Jim Clyburn quotes

But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nations economic viability. (Jim Clyburn)

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn't be limited to the wealthiest few.

Jim Clyburn

We have a moral responsibility to protect the earth and ensure that our children and grandchildren have a healthy and sustainable environment in which to live.

Jim Clyburn

I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother.

Jim Clyburn

I have always abhorred the word 'racism.' I never use it.

Jim Clyburn

Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.

Jim Clyburn

Has he paid his dues? Is he black enough? ... John Lewis and I were out there marching and organizing sit-ins back in the '60s so that his children and my children would not have to do it. ... We would have been failures if [Obama] had to do the same things we did.

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Democrats are fighting for a new direction that includes protecting Social Security as well as making healthcare affordable, bringing down the high cost of gasoline, and making higher education more accessible for all Americans.

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Our top priority is our troops, who are making the extraordinary effort to fulfill the mission they have been given. Democrats will work with this Administration to better define that mission and a realistic expectation of success in Iraq.

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A lot of very competent people sometimes make errors.

Jim Clyburn

I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation. (Jim Clyburn)

Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies.

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Rep. James Clyburn, the state's only black congressman -- controls 20 percent to 25 percent of the primary vote.

Jim Clyburn

Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need.

Jim Clyburn

The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.

Jim Clyburn

Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems.

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Today President Bush has failed the American people and especially people of color. Despite the lip service he and his party have given in recent weeks to building racial unity, his latest action seeks to perpetuate the current effects of past discrimination. ... President Bush's decision to join this misguided attempt to resegregate our public institutions is regrettable.

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Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.

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I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterday's election that they disapprove of the current direction in the war in Iraq. As a result, the President wasted no time in dumping Secretary Rumsfeld.

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Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it.

Jim Clyburn

The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up. (Jim Clyburn)

I don't think there's a quick fix to this. I don't think there's any simple way to deal with this. And I will not support amnesty for anybody, I mean, that would be rewarding bad behavior.

Jim Clyburn

If we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win.

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Occupation: American Politician
Born: July 21, 1940
Quotes count: 23
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