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There are some hopeful signs coming out of China in the statements they've made since the since September 11.

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Tyler will bring a much needed physical element to our team. He's as excited to win the ball back as he is to score a goal. Tyler is a dedicated versatile player whose work ethic and attitude would make any team better.

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We're going to have some amendments, ... I think that if we increase the hard money limits, that we would do better with regard to the soft money and the independent ads situation. If people had their choice, I think they'd give it the old-fashioned way.

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So China will be having to make some choices as to whose side it wants to be on. Hopefully, this will be the beginning of a major improvement in our relationship with them, if they choose correctly.

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We, as a nation, cannot wait for the Pearl Harbor of the information age. We must increase our vigilance to tackle this problem before we are hit with a surprise attack.

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owes you an apology.

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But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.

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And it's difficult for the average American to understand why something like that could be so important and why a little small place like Taiwan would be so important to the PRC.

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We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation.

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The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

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Every foreign policy of every major nation involves reason, common sense, carrots and sticks. You can't have all carrots and no sticks.

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So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world.

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China is one of the world's greatest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction to these rogue nations.

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And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.

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During this last encounter, John McCain became the leading voice on this issue in Washington, D.C., including the White House, ... the fact of the matter is that he took a strong position early on because he was able to analyze it and he had the courage to go forward with it, and he turned out to be right, which always helps.

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There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

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Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

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For Gov. Davis, the answer is simple, ... A bunch of Texas cowboys got down in the corral and decided they were going to take advantage of helpless California, and we are seeing the results of it.

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Mr. President, I would suggest this is your campaign, ... Much of this money that was raised was for your campaign and for your re-election. This is your White House. This is your Department of Justice, and these are your tapes. And you have a responsibility.

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Defense is an attitude. We're still working hard to improve.

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You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

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For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children.

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The Chinese has lied consistently. Not only do they lie about such things as transfers of nuclear technology, they have lied to us about their involvement in our campaign, ... I wouldn't believe anything any of them said.

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They do a lot of excellent work, ... a lack of leadership at the Justice Department.

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We will have to play better defensively. We are loaded with a lot of weaknesses...We're still working hard to improve.

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