Kit Bond Quotations

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job.

Washington should revive international efforts begun during the Clinton administration to pressure countries with dangerously loose banking regulations to adopt and enforce stricter rules.

Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The federal government will never outsource our security.

For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development.

The death tax should be completely and permanently repealed now in order to make the Tax Code fairer and simpler and to eliminate the harmful drag this tax has on the economy.

This proposal will have little impact on the deficit, ... If Congress is serious, we should put together a deficit reduction package that freezes COLAs government-wide, including Congress.

Let me be clear: The National Guard is being fully active, not only in the work they are doing overseas but in their homeland defense activities.

More than 5.4 million of the self-employed have absolutely no health insurance coverage, nor do 1.5 million of their children. In the end, we all pay for that,

If Americans are not using cutting edge technology to extract raw materials efficiently, or produce record harvests, they are losing their jobs.

It is more than passing strange that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle would bring out Joe Wilson as some kind of credible witness for their cause.

Over the past year there has arisen an apparent absence of fear of punishment in regards to the arbitrary divulging of classified information.

It has become increasingly clear that if American workers are not supporting high tech products in demand today, they are losing their jobs.

We have very different philosophies on how we serve our country,

This report has confirmed what small-business owners have been telling us for years -- the tax code is just too difficult for most people to understand and the IRS has not operated in a way to serve small businesses effectively,

The technology does not exist to accomplish what proponents want, ... If I had a magic wand, I would be happy to wave it and support a 90 percent reduction. But I don't.

People should not be forced out their homes at the will of any private development,

It is U.S. workers who lose out when employers cannot get the high-tech graduates they need to compete with foreign companies in the 21st century economy.

Economy activity remains strong and more Americans are going to work each day. In the last three years, nearly 5.3 million jobs have been created.

The U.S. is looking to India as more then just a marketplace for our defense products, but as a technology, aerospace and strategic partner for our future endeavors.

In this instance, with the tremendous job that the guard is doing, it is absolutely critical that we provide the equipment that you need,

Investing in our rural roadways and bridges is more than just investing in concrete and steel; it is also an investment in our future.