Ron Bonjean Quotations

We appreciate them sending the president a clean debt-limit extension.

made a sincere apology and stands by it, and it should speak for itself.

Senator Kerry's comments used for campaign fund-raising purposes are simply over the top, extremely inappropriate and factually incorrect.

Sen. Lott believes this is an effort to open a dialogue on the serious issues of race, diversity and opportunity between Americans. This will be an ongoing effort.

On a day when the Democrats unveil their national security agenda, it's probably not a good idea to allegedly strike a police officer.

If it's important to Americans, it's important to us. We are their elected officials, and we are responding swiftly to this matter.

He is against having a private investigating panel.

He's deferring to the minority leader to appoint members to the committee.

It is clear that we need a new chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission immediately. Sen. Lott is disappointed that Mary Sheila Gall, who is a clearly a qualified candidate, has not been confirmed by the Senate due to personal partisan attacks.

The American people want Congress to find sincere ways to pay for Hurricane Katrina, and we are pressuring ourselves to get this done.

We'll continue to call attention to this issue in a variety of ways.

We believe that the U.S. should not allow a (foreign)government-run company to operate American ports.

We're continuing to work with our chairmen. We're working with the leadership and chairmen on the across-the-board cut. We haven't made a final decision.

We believe the U.S. should not allow a government-owned company to run American ports.

Though the speaker believes the contributions are legal, he also believes it would be appropriate to donate them to charity.

We were wondering why the ethics committee was being held up for more than a year. Now we may know the reason.

It would take a longer amount of time to get all our members back into session. Victims of Hurricane Katrina don't have that kind of time.

The speaker wrote his letter to the BRAC commission based on sound policy grounds.

The speaker wants members on both sides of the aisle to understand the nuances of House rules.

The Speaker thinks it's a good move on their part so that Congress can properly review this deal.

The speaker is very concerned about compensation packages given to executives like Raymond at a time when families are facing choices between putting food on the table and filling their car with gasoline. We met with Exxon Mobil and several companies last fall, and it seems that the message hasn't gotten through.

The speaker is making it a top priority to get that done.

The speaker is concerned about Congressman Evans' health and hopes he gets well and returns to work when he feels better.

The speaker has had a long history of being against Indian reservation shopping in Illinois.

The speaker cares a great deal about this because the players are role models who set standards for kids in high school and college,

The speaker believes the minority leader should ask Representative Mollohan to step aside from the ethics committee during this investigation.

The Speaker believes that while these contributions were legal, it is appropriate to donate the money to charity.

The Speaker believes that we should be as inclusive as possible. We have several women that would make outstanding leaders.

The Speaker asked Chairman Nussle to begin work on this. We hope to get a bill to the president's desk that will make a sizable impact on the price tag of the recovery effort.

The speaker appreciates him being a team player and remaining in his current post.

Anyone who is trying to unfairly profit by forcing American families to make tough choices over whether to fill the car up with gas or severely cut back on their budgets should be investigated and prosecuted.

This is a big issue across the country. We want to respond.

There needs to be a handle on the damage. No one thinks there is one yet.

It's a smart move to keep it (the provision) in there, in case the Dubai thing doesn't work out.

It's like one big 'West Wing' episode. You have a lot of drama, high stakes, media's in a frenzy, staffers glued to the TV and hitting the refresh key on the Drudge Report.

that in the end the Democrats will come around and join us for the good of the country.

The administration has not requested disaster funding. We'll have to consider it in the regular process in the way in which Congress does business at this point.

The message is basically that while it's not the American way to punish success, Americans have the right to hear from energy companies what they're doing to ensure a stable and affordable supply of energy.

The message from the speaker is that oil companies need to do more work to bring oil and gas prices down.

He brings a fresh perspective to the issues at hand. We are lucky to have him.