Jeff Bingaman famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Support #Three #Immigration
I never considered the move to Washington to be a permanent move.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Moving
People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#People #Challenges #Should
This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Country #Principles
Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Taken #Advice #Needs
It is reasonable to insist that when the government deprives a person of his or her liberty? and in this case for an indefinite period of time? that the individual have a meaningful opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention and challenge whether they are being wrongfully detained.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Meaningful #Opportunity #Government
I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Tools #Use #Cases
I will seek to reverse the shift of benefits from Medicaid to Medicare and hold harmless our seniors and disabled.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Senior #Benefits #Medicare
Today, energy prices are at historic highs. Some analysts estimate that energy price shocks this year could cost American consumers more than $40 billion. Speaking very frankly, we cannot afford this kind of expense.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Years #Energy #Cost
The United States is the most innovative country in the world. But our leadership could slip away if we fail to properly fund primary, secondary and higher education.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Country #United States #World
I think the men and women serving in Iraq today deserve special recognition for that.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Men #Thinking #Iraq
Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Retirement #Looks #Saving
I've voted in some cases to remove and reduce tax breaks for the oil industry in other cases I've voted not to because I felt that the proposals covered too much.
-- Jeff Bingaman

#Oil #Too Much #Proposal

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