Word: schumer
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...Congress will stand foursquare behind the $100,000 agreement," said Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), "I'm appalled at the timing of the administration...I think the public needs some reassurance...
...count goodwill as capital in exchange for taking the failed thrift out of the Government's hands. But having no capital of their own at stake enabled some thrift owners to make risky and often fraudulent loans without sufficient cash to back them up. Said New York Democrat Charles Schumer: "The S & L industry has been playing a giant game of roulette, and they have been gambling with taxpayers' money. Without tough capital rules, we will be telling these high-flying speculators, 'O.K., go back to the casinos...
...must be accompanied by major reform." For the most part, his proposal found bipartisan support. Said Iowa Republican Jim Leach, a member of the House Banking Committee: "In his first inning, Bush has stepped up and hit a home run." Another member of the committee, New York Democrat Charles Schumer, said that Bush deserves "a heck of a lot of credit for bellying up to the bar and putting a real plan on the table." Most Washington insiders think the bill will move quickly. "This package is a speeding bullet. The lobbyists will try to put a few of their...
...Haiti and Central America, the homelands of the bulk of the immigrants eligible for amnesty, the authorities are not protectors but predators of the average citizens. And judging from their experiences here, the U.S. authorities are not much different. As noted by Rep. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), sponsor of a bill to extend the application deadline, "To [the illegal aliens], the INS is the agency that is supposed to throw them out of the country...
...America's allies, tends to be markedly queasy whenever it comes to supporting military operations. That attitude is reinforced by missions that are not clearly articulated and by operations that are poorly executed. "We see Pentagon requests for the most complicated of systems," says New York Congressman Charles Schumer, a member of the Budget Committee. "Yet so often when our military has to function in the real world, they're unable to get the job done." The Kuwaiti reflagging is particularly worrisome to many Congressmen because the Administration seems to have stumbled into an open-ended commitment. Senator Bumpers...