American - Politician | August 21, 1968 -
I grew up when 'Schoolhouse Rock' taught millions of American kids how a bill becomes a law.
Tim Griffin
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During my childhood, my father, a Southern Baptist minister, and my mother, a teacher, made sure I took educational trips to cities such as Washington, D.C., Williamsburg, Va., Philadelphia, and Boston to learn about America's history.
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We ought to be incentivizing people to save more of their own money for use taking care of their healthcare expenses, and what we have done is we have set it up where health savings accounts are harder and harder to use for narrower and narrower purposes.
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I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week, then they couldn't get their government assistance.
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I wasn't elected to avoid conflict. I was elected to represent the people of the 2nd District.
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Most private-sector folks don't get a pension.
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We can't be paying pensions to the next generation of federal workers when hardly anyone in the private sector gets them.
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Telling people more about yourself and distinguishing yourself from your opponent - they're both essential parts of communicating with voters.
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My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.
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Pipelines are the safest way to move oil.
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Currently, the Pegasus Pipeline runs through about 13 miles of the Lake Maumelle watershed and also crosses some of the lake's tributaries. I am especially concerned that the steepness of the shoreline at Lake Maumelle could exacerbate contamination of the water supply in the event of an oil spill and make cleanup more difficult.
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Historically, Congress hasn't paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes.
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