Cliff Stearns Quotes

• We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.

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• U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.

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• Today’s terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs.

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  Tags in Public, Economic, Civilians

• The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes.

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  Tags in Protecting, Designed

• The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.

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  Tags in Act

• The main part of the Hyde bill is to withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate.

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• The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments.

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  Topics in Justice, Religion

  Tags in Against, Display

• Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations.

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  Tags in Social, Committed

• Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.

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• Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.

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  Topics in Religion

  Tags in Against, Point

• On September 11, the murders of World Trade Center employees and visitors took the lives of numerous nationalities, ethnic groups and religious followers.

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  Tags in Employees, Religious

• My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.

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• Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.

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  Tags in Recognize, Historical, Person

• Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing.

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  Tags in Morning, Terrorist

• Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development.

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• In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well.

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  Tags in Human, Nations, Expresses

• I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job.

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  Tags in Good, Together, Think

• I think the American people, understandably, have sort of lost faith in the United Nations.

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  Tags in People, American

• I continue to meet people who have had their Web pages hijacked, their browsers corrupted, in some cases, their children exposed to inappropriate material from these dangerous programs hidden in their family computers.

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  Tags in People, Corrupted, Dangerous

• I believe that we should allow younger workers to contribute toward a personal account that they own, as long as it is coupled with deficit reduction measures that enhance the long-term condition of Social Security.

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  Tags in Believe, Personal, Condition

Cliff Stearns (27)

Birth:	16th April, 1941
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

Clifford Bundy "Cliff" Stearns, Sr. was born in Washington, D.C.. He is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district, serving from 1989 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was educated at Woodrow Wilson High School, and later earned a degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University. Stearns owned a small chain of motels and restaurants in northern Florida.

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