Legislature Quotes

You're absolutely right. Contracts can vary. Rates can vary. Pays can vary. ... Only in the area of retiree health benefits has the Legislature spoken. - Matt Giacobbe

Your prospective stewardship of the court, which could last until the year 2040 or longer ... and would present a very unique opportunity for a new chief justice to rebuild the image of the court away from what many believe it has become as super legislature. - Arlen Specter

You weigh the sacrifice you put into it with the progress that we make, and the Legislature has not made progress on the big issues facing Oregon. - Beaverton Democrat

You need to contact your legislatures and say it loud and clear. - Jim Slinsky

You know, to preserve our job-friendly climate the Texas legislature didn't raise taxes this last legislative session while balancing their budget and maintaining their reserves - and might I add that our budget leaves $6 billion dollars in a rainy day fund? - Rick Perry

You have 'fiscal Republicans' who see this differently from the social conservatives... You have a gleeful media and gleeful Democrats who have found a wedge issue and are trying to exploit it. Here we are, sitting in the conservative Midwest, and I can't get this through the legislature. It's an intriguing, baffling political situation. - Matt Bartle

You can't have a quality education without a sound financial background. They are getting quality education there. We need to make sure that quality education continues. We don't know what the state Legislature is going to do with the finances, and that will have a huge impact on what we do locally to support those finances. - Kyle Hart

Yet declines to give them any relief other than an exhortation to the Legislature to deal with the problem. - Denise Johnson

Yet another reminder that the governor has failed to provide leadership in Sacramento and work with the Legislature to get things done. - Steve Maviglio

Yes, that's, I think, an extension of the traditional right that I was talking about that existed under common law, and it's been developed by state legislatures, and in some instances, state courts to deal with the living will situation and advances ... in medical technology, which create new issues in this area. - Samuel Alito