12 Kent Conrad Quotes for You to Enjoy

Kent Conrad

American Politician

Born: Mar 12, 1948

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Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. Kent Conrad

Education Internet Become Society Our Computers Access Basic Need

We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally for the United States. Kent Conrad

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Anybody who has stood on the prairie in North Dakota has felt the force of the wind and knows that our state has an inexhaustible supply of wind power. The potential here to create jobs and draw millions of dollars in new investment to North Dakota is enormous. Kent Conrad

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Welfare reform happened with reconciliation; half the Democrats voted for it. The Bush tax cuts happened with reconciliation; twelve Democratic Senators voted for it. You didn't have a real partisan issue on those times that it was used. Kent Conrad

You Welfare Half Those Reconciliation Voted Democratic Partisan Welfare Reform Democrats Real Issue Times Reform Senators Tax Happened Tax Cuts Bush Bush Tax Cuts Cuts Used Twelve

Social Security has not contributed to the deficit problem. Kent Conrad

Problem Deficit Security Social Social Security

It is vital that we provide North Dakota's children with nutritionally sound diets. That means ensuring that they are getting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, and are developing good eating habits for their future. Kent Conrad

Future Good Vegetables Ensuring Plenty Vital Eating Habits Developing Fresh Sound Provide North Getting Diets Children Fruits Means Dakota

Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation; it was designed for deficit reduction. Kent Conrad

The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve affordability, to deal with what share of Medicaid expansion the federal government pays, those kinds of issues, which is the traditional role for reconciliation in health care. Kent Conrad

Government Health Care Changes Those Possible Would Would-Be Reconciliation Kinds See Only Federal Federal Government Share Major Make Health Care Deal Issues Traditional Expansion Role Improve Which Package Modest Pays Medicaid

America was founded on majority rule, not supermajority rule. Somehow, over the years, this has morphed into supermajority rule, and that changes things. Kent Conrad

Changes Rule Somehow Over Majority Years America Founded Things

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer. Kent Conrad

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