John Delaney

Politician

1956-06-29

Quotes by John Delaney

• Washington is paralyzed by extreme political rhetoric that creates powerful sound bites but poor policy.

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• A family's love is often the best medicine, and in difficult times, I believe that our military families deserve the option of staying together.

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• We have to start grounding our policies in facts and recognize that a strong economy is critical for funding progressive priorities.

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• I leave Medicare alone. I create a new system for everyone under 65 where they get health care as a right. It's a basic plan. We roll Medicaid into that, but then we allow people to have choices and get private insurance to supplement that basic government plan.

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• Many have criticized a federal carbon tax, saying that it would increase energy costs. Some continue to oppose it even when that revenue would be used to reduce other taxes in what's known as a tax swap.

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• For years, comprehensive tax reform has eluded legislators.

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• Climate change is the environmental challenge of this generation, and it is imperative that we act before it's too late.

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• I support giving President Obama the ability to negotiate and complete new trade agreements with some of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

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• I'm not an economist, but I have spent time around thousands of small-business owners and investors, and I remain skeptical - despite the best intentions of the Fed - that even lower interest rates can make a meaningful dent in our unemployment problem.

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• The United States has the world's largest and most innovative economy, an unmatched rule of law, and a free market that is the envy of the international community. For investors, we are the reserve currency.

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• America's men and women in uniform bravely defend our nation and our values. Their skill, dedication, and valor are the envy of the world. When their time in uniform is over, they are entitled to world-class health care, a benefit they've earned and that their country is grateful to provide for them.

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• Veterans come from all walks of life, and they live in small towns and big cities, in red states and blue states.

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• One of the things I've pledged is in my first hundred days, only to do bipartisan proposals. Wouldn't it be amazing if a president looked at the American people at the inauguration and said, 'I represent every one of you, whether you voted for me or not and this is how I'm going to prove it.'

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• Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.

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• The whole action around a carbon pricing mechanism, or carbon tax, is what you do with the money. Both France and Washington state proposed solving climate on the backs of workers. And that's a bad strategy.

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