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Well, the senators I've enjoyed working with the most would be Ted Kennedy and Kent Conrad, because they were both either chairman or ranking member of the committee I was chairman or ranking member of. And in both instances they were just great people to work with.
Judd Gregg
Work
Great
People
Ranking
Member
Would
Would-Be
Both
Great People
Most
Well
Because
Were
Senators
Committee
Just
Either
Working
Chairman
Enjoyed
Kennedy
Kent
Ted
Ted Kennedy
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.
Julian Bond
News
Me
People
Post
Become
Could
Detroit
Written
Since
George
Been
Person
Same
Them
Washington
Chairman
Washington Post
Ever
Profiles
If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them to do as Chairman Mao said. It was not possible to tell them anything else.
Jung Chang
Parents
Become
Else
Ruin
Possible
Tell
Would
Brought
Only
Over
Said
Were
Up
Children
Anything
Loved
Anything Else
China
Them
Who
Mao
Chairman
Chairman Mao
Lives
When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the children repeated it and endangered the whole family.
Jung Chang
Family
Parents
Party
Tell
Case
Terrified
Party Line
Line
Were
Repeated
Endangered
Children
Anything
China
Whole
Mao
Chairman
I was the deputy Chairman of the Democratic Union of the Pacific, and we started at 8 I think and I was called to the telephone and to be told there's a coup, the government has been overthrown - it was round about 9, 10 when the Parliament sat they had done then.
Kamisese Mara
Government
Think
Telephone
Has-Been
About
Parliament
Had
Coup
Democratic
Been
Overthrown
Done
Pacific
Then
Deputy
Union
Sat
Chairman
Round
Started
As chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee - the chief tax-writing body in Congress - I understand that true comprehensive tax reform is tremendously difficult.
Kevin Brady
Congress
Difficult
Tremendously
Ways
Comprehensive
True
House
Understand
Chief
Reform
Committee
Tax
Tax Reform
Body
Means
Chairman
As chairman of the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, I continue to be inspired by President Reagan's 1985 national address to the American people as he challenged them to join him in boldly reforming the broken, complex tax code.
Kevin Brady
Broken
People
National
President
Address
Ways
Complex
Join
Inspired
He
House
Him
Reagan
Continue
American
Reforming
Committee
Tax
Tax Code
Them
American People
Means
Boldly
Chairman
Code
Challenged
To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here.
Kevin Yoder
Difficult
Impact
More
Directly
House
Policy
Go
Committee
Legislature
Kansas
Whole
Chairman
Here
Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), who is chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, warned Facebook of the need for consumer protection and an open Internet, and according to 'The Wall Street Journal,' Thune has sent a letter to Zuckerberg asking how the company chooses its trending topics and who is ultimately responsible.
Lawrence Kudlow
Facebook
Protection
Internet
Topics
Responsible
John
Consumer
Open
Journal
How
Ultimately
According
Commerce
Wall
Wall Street
Wall Street Journal
Senate
Committee
Sent
Warned
Asking
Chooses
Who
Company
Chairman
Letter
Street
Street Journal
Need
As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.
Lee Haney
Life
Fitness
Sports
People
Father
Physical Fitness
Long
Parents
Healthy
Past
Young
Live
Active
Teens
Presidents
Ways
Physical
Council
Proud
Am
Educating
Committed
Young People
Chairman
Two
The chairman is the man who manages everything and, in the end, takes all the decisions. Always, for the fans, it's important to hear him.
Mauricio Pochettino
Man
Fans
Important
Everything
Takes
Him
Always
Hear
End
In The End
Decisions
Who
Chairman
Chairman Chaffetz was an enthusiastic supporter of the 'USA Freedom Act,' designed to rein in the allegedly renegade NSA and its wanton depredations of American privacy.
Michael Hayden
Freedom
Privacy
Enthusiastic
Allegedly
Supporter
Renegade
American
Wanton
USA
Act
Chairman
Rein
Designed
I think every responsible public board at every board meeting should be discussing succession. And, of course, Walmart has a very mature board: our chairman Rob Walton and other members. So succession is an ongoing. I think when I first joined the board of directors, it was discussed then. And it's discussed at every board meeting continually.
Mike Duke
First
Every
Think
Other
Meeting
Our
Members
Responsible
Ongoing
Directors
Joined
Rob
Course
Continually
Very
Mature
Discussed
Discussing
Walmart
Board
Public
Then
Should
Succession
Chairman
I am the daughter of the Chairman of the Board and thus, was raised with great music.
Nancy Sinatra
Music
Great
Daughter
Great Music
Thus
Am
Board
Chairman
Raised
My transactions are above board: I do not have money deposited in other accounts and have transparently declared all assets. My real wealth is, however, my experience as cofounder of Infosys and as Aadhar Chairman, which gave away 60,000 crore identity cards to people of India as promised.
Nandan Nilekani
Experience
People
Money
Wealth
Other
Gave
Promised
India
Above
Identity
Real
However
Accounts
Transactions
Which
Board
Chairman
Away
Assets
Cards
How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Ratan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.
Naveen Jain
Best
Health
Failure
Business
Important
Innovative
Corporation
India
Gives
Thriving
Failed
Idea
Employee
Annual
How
Up
Yes
Who
Award
Chairman
Largest
Mr. Chairman, obviously a $60 million cut in the National Endowment for the Arts would be a disaster.
Norm Dicks
National
Would
Would-Be
Disaster
Obviously
Arts
Endowment
Cut
Chairman
Million
First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
Pat Roberts
You
Intelligence
First
Assure
Privilege
Senate
Committee
Being
Oxymoron
Chairman
During my time we had two chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, at different times of course, on the bridge, both of whom asked my permission to sit on the captain's chair.
Patrick Stewart
Time
Sit
My Time
Both
Joint
Had
Course
Permission
Times
Chiefs
Staff
Different
Asked
Captain
Bridge
Chair
Chairman
Different Times
Whom
Two
Double-digit inflation is a terrible thing - and it got up to 14 or 15 percent on a monthly basis for a while, shortly after I became chairman of the Fed.
Paul A. Volcker
Inflation
Monthly
Percent
Fed
Terrible
Terrible Thing
Became
Got
Up
After
While
Double-Digit
Chairman
Thing
Basis
Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored by the support of this convention for vice president of the United States. I accept the duty to help lead our nation out of a jobs crisis and back to prosperity - and I know we can do this.
Paul Ryan
Prosperity
Nation
Duty
President
Back
Our
Honored
States
Crisis
Out
Jobs
Citizens
Delegates
Lead
Support
Know
Fellow
Fellow Citizens
Accept
Am
Convention
Vice
Vice President
Help
Chairman
United
United States
As a member and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee during the 2000s, I met with civilian and military officials in Kurdistan, Libya, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, and Yemen. They shared many of the same international defense priorities as the United States. We acknowledged our differences, but we worked from where we found common ground.
Pete Hoekstra
Intelligence
Met
Differences
Military
Defense
Our
States
Member
Libya
Civilian
Shared
Jordan
House
Priorities
Israel
Yemen
Same
Officials
Committee
Egypt
Common
Where
Common Ground
Acknowledged
Worked
Ground
International
Many
Chairman
Found
United
United States
From my experience as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, if a congressperson is identified as a potential target by a foreign intelligence service, that individual is notified.
Pete Hoekstra
Service
Experience
Intelligence
Potential
Individual
House
Identified
Foreign
Target
Committee
Chairman
I'm the non-executive chairman of nine or so major companies, and on the nine companies, it's a little trying because you jump from one industry to another, as the case might be. But one had the reasonable knowledge of those nine activities, and it's been an exciting job.
Ratan Tata
Knowledge
You
Job
Nine
Those
Case
Had
Exciting
Major
Industry
Another
Because
Been
Jump
Trying
Little
Might
Reasonable
Companies
Chairman
Activities
Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students.
Ric Keller
College
Important
Nation
Aid
Our
Pell
Someone
Federal
Student
Students
Attended
Know
How
Caucus
Low-Income
Grant
Grants
Help
Who
Chairman
Foundation
I am not a lawyer or an expert on the Constitution. But as the chairman and CEO of a major health plan, I had a ringside seat to the entire health-care reform process.
Ron Williams
Health
Constitution
Lawyer
Entire
Had
Major
Am
Reform
Process
Expert
Plan
CEO
Chairman
Seat
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