Michael Oxley Quotations

I think the president will make the right decision, ... I don't think you should have any kind of a balancing act, or some kind of a litmus test. I think it should be purists who believe in judicial restraint, and who believe that writing the laws is the job of the legislative branch and not the judicial branch.

If anything, he might be a little bit naive about what goes on in this town,

I don't think they want to, or are not prepared to answer some very pointed questions about what went wrong.

The legislation we crafted in conference goes a long way in solving the egregious problems that have arisen as a result of corporate misconduct and accounting scandals. It's not a total answer, but I think we made excellent progress, and the White House has informed me this morning that they support the conference agreement.

I have been working closely with local officials to promote the valuable contributions of the plant to the nation, the state, and the local community.

The tax cut he played a large part in enacting returned much needed dollars to the pockets of hard-working Americans across the nation and bolstered a slumping economy,

Judge Roberts has a brilliant legal mind and respect for the judicial process, which is supposed to interpret the law, not make it,

I believe the checklist has been met, ... while whining that their competitors need more regulation. My feeling is that the days of that kind of lobbying are numbered.

These are strong new protections for consumer privacy.

I've never met John Roberts personally, although he was a young lawyer on President Reagan's staff at about the same time that I came to Congress in the early 1980s,