Conrad Burns Quotations

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.

Knowledge is power. Most of us agree that something has to be done to strengthen Social Security, and I believe it's irresponsible to arbitrarily dismiss any idea, Republican nor Democrat, without giving it a hard look.

Our highly qualified teachers not only work hard, but they care about each and every student that enters their classroom. I thank you, Montana teachers, for your sense of duty and compassion to our precious future generation.

I am seriously troubled by the proposed rapid consolidation in the telecommunications marketplace.

I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning.

They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didnt have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.

There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets.

This product is a compromise, and the nature of compromise is that you don't get everything you want.

Today, our brave military men and women, just as those who have gone before them, stand on alert, securing freedom at home and guarding the innocent abroad.

Lawsuits - and frivolous lawsuits - are just sapping the life out of the people who perform the services and deliver the goods for the rest of the citizenry in the State of Montana.

Therapy is not to 'talk about' things, but to change the person's life, and to relieve suffering, such as depression, anxiety, or relationship problems.

On a lot of this he (Clinton) will not use Congress, ... What are we here for?

If anyone has ownership rights, it's the citizens of Montana, ... It's nonsense to try to secure the rights to it in the first place.

We look at them and tally them to see what a trend is on an issue, but we don't generally respond to mass e-mails, ... But if somebody takes the time to write us a letter, we really want to respond to them.

I say it's the law. Write the rule and let it go forward,

We must not let our guard down and let our enemy know we have an empty holster, so to speak.

We get very nervous in the livestock business about predators, ... It is not the nature of a farmer or a rancher to bring new livestock into the world just to give it away to predators.

I never got a lot done using a broomstick. You've got to have something that's lethal.

In life you are given two ends; one to think with and the other to sit on. Your success in life depends on which end you use most. Heads you win, tails you lose.

These are very serious charges against Mr. Libby. I believe in the rule of law and the strength and integrity of our justice system and it shall prevail.

are a critical element of the nuclear triad and represent our most responsive, stabilizing and cost-effective strategic force.

This is an exciting day, ... Not only is Ms. Rankin an important part of our nation's history, but Montana's as well. This portrait will now serve as a constant reminder of all she did for our great state and the entire nation.

They're too tough. In fact, we had to talk to our kids about them.

I'm not sure there is a lot of legislation we can pass ... but we can cut through some red tape,

I believe she has a great understanding of Western values, which is a good thing in my book,