Jay Nixon Quotations

There is a well-established process by which a prosecutor can recuse themselves from a pending investigation and a special prosecutor be appointed.

I am deeply saddened for the people of Ferguson who woke up to see parts of their community in ruins. No one should have to live like this; no one deserves this. We must do better, and we will.

I can't say enough about the tremendous work the Missouri National Guard has done as part of our military efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries.

Today culminates a process of nearly two years to investigate and prosecute allegations of fraud against a state tax credit program that is intended to bring economic development to areas of our state most in need of growth,

We looked at a 20-day snapshot in time to compare the margins between how much retailers paid for the gas and how much they charged customers for the gas, ... That margin was the focal point of our investigation.

John Ashcroft's actions there were using politics to really play to the far right. The fact that it was an African-American judge made it an even more acceptable argument that this man was soft on crime, and that's just not true,

I think, at times of stress, you have to trust the pillars of democracy.

It is an outrage for someone to solicit funds from well-meaning Americans eager to lend a helping hand to the victims of hurricane Katrina, only to funnel those donations to something that is nothing more than a racist hate site.

The fact that they didn't see it coming shows they aren't psychic.

When we meet our Maker, ... we will proudly stand and talk about what we -- together -- did.

While we all respect the solemn responsibility of our law enforcement officers to protect the public, we must also safeguard the rights of Missourians to peaceably assemble and the rights of the press to report on matters of public concern.

We all know there are problems with Obamacare, and Washington's implementation of it has been abysmal. But rejecting Medicaid won't fix any of those things.

There's not a lot we can do about the big oil companies, refineries and pipelines,

This group isn't really a psychic, obviously, ... This is a group that has been very aggressive in telemarketing, not only this product but others.

They should've seen it coming, whether they were psychic or not,

This is very much like the situation we saw right after Sept. 11,

It's the lowest of the low when someone solicits funds ... We don't want one more penny from well-meaning donors going through this hater.

Consumers in Missouri are actively reporting to us and we are following leads throughout the state, ... Some stations have clearly taken advantage of a natural disaster to inflate prices, which is a violation of Missouri law. They will find out the hard way that such actions don't pay.

Effective tax credits are used to create jobs and grow our economy. But tax credits that aren't delivering for Missourians must be retooled and reformed.

These unfair and unlawful practices, ... presented a risk of, and/or have caused, significant injury to consumers.

That's an open question, ... We won't know the answer to that until the first challenge arises from one of these citations.

In order to run a red light, it takes a vehicle and a person, ... The method they've established in this area deals only with the machine, not the person driving it, unless we're talking about Herbie the Love Bug or My Mother the Car.

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.

By standing still, we're making the things we don't like about Obamacare even worse, forcing Missourians to bear all the costs of this law - and reap none of the benefits.

By preying on those who can least afford to lose their money, this operation is doing little more than stealing, ... These unscrupulous business practices must be stopped, and victims of these unfair and deceptive acts should be made whole.

Gambro manipulated the system to receive improper Medicaid payments, and this scheme cost taxpayers across the country millions of dollars,

For over 25 years, Lacy Clay has been a powerful voice for working families and a tireless advocate for the people of St. Louis. And throughout his long career in public service, I've considered Lacy a close personal friend.

What we have is a great number of people working extremely hard to make sure that death number stays where it is and the people that have to go to shelters are taken care of tonight and for as many days as it takes and that we support our first responders that are out there keeping security.

I mean, the power of water to lift cars is amazing. A creek backed up near a railroad track. And an entire train was lifted off of the railroad track and dumped over. People just need to make sure they do not drive into water. It floats the cars, and then we have deaths because of it.

So we have a tremendous amount of water where the two greatest rivers in North America meet. And then all of the tributaries from the various areas come in there also. It's also highly populated. So we're working a number of water rescues. We're working extremely hard to keep people safe and make sure that we're keeping the rule of law and keep people warm. It's been pretty cold.

Clearly we're in historic times here. We have - one of the tributaries of the Mississippi River is a river called the Merrimack. And the crest areas there - they're going to be a number of feet, 2, 3, 4, over what they were in '93 or '82. And on the Mississippi River itself, down below St. Louis, we're still projecting a couple of feet over that historic number. So the bottom line is there's a significant amount of water that's causing evacuations and challenges throughout that whole area.

The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.

It's totally outrageous, ... for someone to take these domain names and then solicit funds, run them through what looks like a legitimate charity using pictures and other hurricane victims, when in reality that money was running to his hate sites.