Robert Torricelli Quotations

We actually called our bipartisan tax cut the October plan, because we believe that there's the makings here of a grand compromise, ... Face the Nation.

She knows what works and doesn't work in the Superfund program,

She is widely accepted in the state of New York.

She is universally known without the difficulties of organizing or raising funds,

I hate on Easter morning to talk about retribution, but there's gonna be retribution.

I can't see where there is anywhere left to move. If you don't have a recount it's hard to receive any more votes.

He was willing to risk his career, friendships and relationships in an act of great courage,

There is a heavy burden to meet before we're going to allow that to happen, ... This Week.

I think it is all over but the final act.

The crimes committed on September 11 were not intended for them individually, ... This is a crime against America. They were targeted because of where they live and the nationality they held just like a soldier, just like a diplomat.

There are 3.5 billion credit card solicitations sent out every year, ... That's 41 for every man, woman and child.

We do not meet our responsibilities to the American people if we do not take an honest look at the federal government and all of its agencies and let the country know what went wrong.

Costs are threatening to ruin them financially and put them out of business.

Don't feel badly for me. I've changed people's lives,

It would be unforgivable if a corporation, or a charity, or a church, or a family member were to provide financial help for any of these families only to have the government take a share in taxation,

These brave family members are here today to ask the House to cede to Senate provisions and pass this bill before Congress returns home for Christmas recess, ... It's not a lot to ask and it has to happen.

The simple truth is, in some cases, the lucky ones die. I've seen children suffering from paralysis, blindness, deafness.

I want Al Gore to win this election, But more than that, I want somebody to win this election. I would urge both Al Gore and George Bush to think of the country -- the continuity of government, its stability -- and avoid any collateral attacks on the process.

Do you have an explanation you could share with the committee of why Mr. Ickes would call you and ask you to shred a document which he then produced himself and had in his own files? ... He's asking you to destroy a document which he made a point of retaining and then produced.

as close to a betrayal of the interests of the United States as I've ever witnessed in the United States Congress. It's unforgivable and reprehensible.

This is the definitive day, and if Al Gore cannot persuade the Florida Supreme Court so that both the certification and the Florida Legislature (are) on the same side of this ledger, then this battle is over.

This administration gave the Tehran government another chance ... and they don't deserve any more chances. It's time to bring that government to an end.

It's not like Massachusetts, where they're baptized Democrats.

Not every American will have Sen. Jeffords' opportunity to so profoundly affect the agenda of our country and the lives of so many working families, ... But every American has the opportunity to exercise moral courage and join the fight to improve our neighbors' lives and the quality of their communities.

I know that's your testimony, Senator Torricelli, but it is not accurate.

I most certainly have made mistakes, ... There will be those who concluded that those mistakes bring justice to this moment because there's a price to pay. When did we become such an unforgiving people?

Clearly this test the limits of constitutionality under First Amendment laws, ... I think it's very difficult to legally and constitutionally to say to third party groups that they can't spend their money the way they want to.

I do not consider this a condition ... But it is an important consideration to me to ensure that our national security be protected.

I begin this hearing by simply suggesting to my colleagues, this is problem that we Americans in some measure brought upon ourselves, ... The American campaign finance system has been an accident waiting to happen.

The certification . . . obviously changes the dynamic, ... Certification in Florida was not the end. But without some intervening legal decision, it's the beginning of the end.

The committee now has both the testimony and there is sufficient evidence to feel comfortable about the relationship, ... I've expressed regret, that Mr. Chang clearly was a person that I never should have known.

The committee now finds itself in the position that after several months of preparation, having reviewed attendees at 102 coffees involving approximately 1,100 people over the scope of 18 months of the 1996 presidential campaign, we are left with the question of whether or not one or two people remember that there was a financial solicitation.

Scaling back the campaign finance reform bill may get more Republicans aboard, but it leaves many of us who have been involved in the reform movement for years in believing that we are doing something and accomplishing nothing.

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Ten of those Republican incumbents, all of whom voted for the impeachment of President Clinton, are from states that Bill Clinton carried.

I will not be responsible for the loss of the Democratic majority in the United States Senate.

Nobody told me when I became a Democrat that that involved opposition to lower taxes.

There were no gifts. Everything is properly accounted for. I provided testimony and evidence to the committee... This was all stuff that was previously known.

If you live long enough, you'll experience everything.

Let's deal with each other honestly.