Tim Bishop Quotes

• Amtrak offers riders a cost-effective way to travel throughout the country.

  Tim Bishop

  Country, Travel, Cost

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• This administration and the leadership in Congress appear to be intent on valuing wealth over work, thereby placing working families at a distinct disadvantage.

  Tim Bishop

  Aggravation, Administration, Wealth

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• However, this President sees no problem eliminating funding for Perkins Loans in his budget, even though the cost of tuition is rising and will continue to rise as the administration's policies force inflation.

  Tim Bishop

  President, Cost, Rising

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• We need to get serious about combating gang violence on Long Island, and the entire nation.

  Tim Bishop

  Islands, Long, Needs

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• In my district, the budget scales back and eliminates several long-term shore protection projects important to the safety and economic security of Long Island.

  Tim Bishop

  Islands, Safety, Long

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• As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.

  Tim Bishop

  Strong, Safe, Amtrak

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• A healthy Amtrak is an integral part of New York and the Nation's economy and transportation systems.

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  New York, Healthy, Amtrak

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• Transportation spending is a win-win proposition.

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  Winning, Spending, Transportation

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• The people who do not get jobs are often the most vulnerable in our society, and joblessness is a terrible plight for anyone who suffers from it.

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  Jobs, People, Suffering

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• There are always, of course, job losses of a cyclical nature in a recession.

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  Jobs, Loss, Courses

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• It seems to me morally a decent society will try to take some of the increased benefit and use that to alleviate the pain of the few who are bearing the cost that made it possible.

  Tim Bishop

  Pain, Trying, Cost

  8 Copy quote

• Trade helps bring us products cheaply, but there is no guarantee whatsoever to assume that it will allow us to replace the jobs that have been lost, and there is no mechanism under productivity that says that, either.

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  Jobs, Guarantees, Helping

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• We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

  Tim Bishop

  Gang Members, Needs, Messages

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• Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.

  Tim Bishop

  Race, Tyrants, Leader

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• Hopefully, Serbia's political leaders will not only recognize the seriousness which we attach to this case but also understand that it is in Serbia's interest to let justice work to sever the ties with the Milosevic past that have held the country back from a Europe where it otherwise belongs.

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  Country, Past, Europe

  4 Copy quote

• Real economic stimulus comes from real investment.

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  Real, Investment, Economic

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• Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy.

  Tim Bishop

  Cost, Trade, Foreign Trade

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• In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age.

  Tim Bishop

  Block, Cutting, Innovation

  18 Copy quote

• The fact is that America relies on Amtrak to move people.

  Tim Bishop

  Moving, America, People

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• Meanwhile, hard-working Americans are increasingly faced with workplace conditions in which critically important safeguards are watered down, emerging problems are ignored, and enforcement is scaled back.

  Tim Bishop

  Hard Work, Safety, Important

  8 Copy quote

• The Long Island Sound is an environmentally unique estuary that needs to be protected.

  Tim Bishop

  Unique, Islands, Long

  64 Copy quote

• The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers.

  Tim Bishop

  Islands, Years, Long

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• As Serbia continues to move towards rectifying the evils of its past and joining the ranks of democratic nations, it is important that the individuals involved in the death of the Bytyqi brothers are held accountable for their actions[.]

  Tim Bishop

  Brother, Moving, Past

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• Our government should do everything it can to ensure the successful prosecution of those responsible for the murders of U.S. citizens abroad. It should provide resources as needed, and it should make it clear to the authorities in Belgrade that inaction does have repercussions on bilateral relations.

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  Successful, Government, Doe

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• We have one of the few societies, the only one I can think of right offhand, where your health care is so tied to your job, so that when an American company has to hire, they have to think about health care.

  Tim Bishop

  Jobs, Thinking, Care

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