Dick Armey

trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I read more

trying to fit the president's details into our principles, and it's a very difficult fit to be made. But I think we can get there.

We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and read more

We've bent over backwards to make this bill acceptable to the president, ... We also listened to the president and made some bothersome changes to the bill to accommodate his concerns.

When asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?" Armey's reply:"If I had been in read more

When asked, "If you had been in President Clinton's place would you have resigned?" Armey's reply:"If I had been in the president's place I would not have gotten the chance to resign. I would have been lying in a pool of my own blood, looking up, and listening to my wife ask, 'How do you reload this son of a bitch'?"

We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's not a read more

We will set aside more money for Social Security than what the president did in his budget; there's not a doubt about it.

While I think the dangers of a member of the committee being blackmailed are somewhat exaggerated in political discourse, it read more

While I think the dangers of a member of the committee being blackmailed are somewhat exaggerated in political discourse, it would still be a prudent discussion for the minority leader to have with Mr. Condit, ... It can very well be that one would want to err on the side of prudence.