Kay Bailey Hutchison famous quotes

04-24-2025

Benchmarks, yes, we want the Iraqi government to do the things that will show progress. But to say, American troops are going to leave, no matter what's happening on the ground, is surrender. There is no other word for it.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Government #Progress #Troops
I have always been able to rise above the expectations.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Expectations #Able #Rise Above
When it comes to dividing Americans on the basis of their gender, I know a little something about the subject.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Littles #Gender #Dividing
Congress can't take the year off, election or no election.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Years #Election #Congress
I do think women generally are more humble.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Humble #Thinking
I think when you've been in office for a long time, you have a record, and that record is fair game.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Thinking #Games #Long
The traditional role of the Senate has been to be the adult in the room.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Adults #Roles #Rooms
We cannot afford to lose the Medicaid funding for low-income women.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Low Income #Lows #Funding
Saying youre from Texas makes you kind of proud.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Texas #Proud #Kind
Congress suffers a great deal of criticism for its partisan acrimony. But while we may disagree politically, and air our opposition in this chamber, it is the conversation behind the scenes that cements and defines our relationships.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Air #Suffering #Criticism
I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Conservative
Cheerleading gave me a love of sports, which I brought to the Senate. I can talk to the good ol' boys about college sports because I follow it like they do.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Sports #Cheerleading #Boys
Well, I think that it's clear that the Republican Party is a pro-life party. And we do value life. And we do believe that the unborn have a right to life.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Party #Believe #Thinking
Our country also hungers for leadership to ensure the long-term survival of our Social Security system. With 70 million baby boomers in this country on the verge of retirement, we need to take action to shore up the system.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Country #Baby #Retirement
People can't imagine an enemy that would cut someone's head off before a video camera and spread it out across the world. But that has happened with the kind of enemy we are now facing.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Cutting #People #Enemy
We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Children #People #Fleeing
I am proud of the President's leadership. I am proud to support him in saying: Yes, we are going to do what is necessary now when it is less painful and less expensive.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Pain #Support #President
The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Leadership #Important #President
For our country to be safe from terrorists we must stabilize Iraq and show that it can be done and take out these terrorist organizations who would harm Americans. Our freedom is at stake here.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Country #Organization #Iraq
Harriet Miers is totally qualified for the Supreme Court of the United States. Her legal background, her absolute leadership in the legal field when she was a practicing lawyer are unqualified.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#United States #Unqualified #Fields
I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.
-- Kay Bailey Hutchison

#Government #Long #Use

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