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There will be a Chinese lion dance, some traditional Chinese entertainment, martial arts, karaoke, Chinese music and a meal. We always invite the mayor, council officers, and the governors from the City of Sunderland College.

They're adding to the intellectual firepower of the board of governors in terms of regulatory and financial markets issues, but initially they won't be important players in the monetary policy front.

There's always that danger that the Fed gets impatient here. But I think that most of the Fed governors today feel that gradualism is the best policy, because if they err on the side of doing too much, the price of being wrong is not so high.

There's always that danger that the Fed gets impatient here, ... But I think that most of the Fed governors today feel that gradualism is the best policy, because if they err on the side of doing too much, the price of being wrong is not so high.

As we all know, the needs of the people in the Gulf region are great, so we need to move with all deliberate speed to get the money flowing to the states. We look forward to working with the governors as we implement the specific awards.

It's 10 years overdue. It's amazing how TV forced the game's governors to do it.

It's an honor to be the first governor to be named an honorary local chapter president of the Official NASCAR Members Club, ... I'll take that honor and carry it proudly. I'd also like to challenge the other governors across the country to become involved. NASCAR is such a great family sport and the Members Club is an outstanding way for NASCAR fans to connect.

It's obviously a unilateral decision on Iran's part, taken despite repeated requests from the board of governors to maintain a full suspension.

It's the first time we've seen all eight Great Lakes governors and two Canadian provinces agree on standards. This region has been a profligate water waster, and we now have a set of standards on the books that helps get ourselves on the same page on how to conserve this resource.

It's been a very successful term. It's hard to describe it any other way. He came in at a tough time. There was no money. The Republicans had just taken a landslide in the legislature. Things didn't look good. But he worked through the problems and ended up triumphant. It's a storybook ending. I didn't see that coming. Frequently these businessmen governors who've never been elected to anything before, flop. So he's the exception.

Daniels is taking a 75-year stream of road payments that should be managed by nine governors all for himself. He will be gone in eight years. Why are we in such a rush to give this vast authority to this governor?

It's not a one-to-one correlation between the positions. There are things that mayors can do that are specific to their city. Governors don't always have the luxury of a one-size-fits-all solution.

The Board of Governors fully recognizes the role of the Legislature in providing education for the citizens of this state. We have a respectful partnership with the Legislature, and that will never change.

It's very hard for governors to say they're on their own. Inevitably, there's going to be taxpayer funds involved in their social life because they're being guarded, they don't drive themselves, there's someone driving a limousine. Taxpayer funds are always used in one way or another, and that gives the press an opportunity to cover it.

The various governors are meeting with troops from their states.

They basically want to be almost a third term for Jeb Bush. He's one of the most popular incumbent governors in the country. They don't want to rock the boat right now.

The nation's governors demonstrated today they are pragmatists and can put partisan politics aside to put forth a united front on key issues such as Medicaid reform, prescription drugs..., and affirmation that education is a priority,

I'm going to stand up among a bunch of elected governors and say, 'Are we going to allow the military without a shot being fired to effectively do an end-run coup on civilian government? Are we going to allow that?' ... We're going to have a little civics lesson for some leaders who are apparently out of touch in the military.

I just assume that all of my people are keeping me legal and that the policy is in keeping with what other governors have done and that we have never abused those opportunities,

I fully expect to be visiting Seattle in the relatively near future to weigh in on that subject and I'm quite on record as saying that Seattle has what is the least competitive lease in the league, which is a decided economic disadvantage. I think if that situation is not ultimately improved ... I think that the board of governors at the expiration of the lease would be inclined to listen to their partner's request for an opportunity to be in a place where there is a good lease and a good facility.

In my opinion governors don't make the best presidents. That's my opinion and it's because they don't have the foreign policy experience and they have to learn on the job.

If you think back to some of the Democratic governors who you are most proud of, people like LeRoy Collins, Reubin Askew and Lawton Chiles, Jim is in that mode, ... He is smart. He is a person with a great deal of inner strength and confidence.

In 1952, when I was 15 and living on Governors Island, which was then First Army Headquarters, I encountered the newly-published 'The Catcher in the Rye.' Of course, that book became the iconic anti-establishment novel for my generation.

California has reduced teen pregnancy rates by 40 percent over the last 10 years because of the support we've received from state lawmakers and the public. Governors like Pete Wilson and Gray Davis left a lasting legacy in their support of family planning and reproductive rights. We honor them today for their outstanding leadership.

He's one of the wealthiest governors ever in America, so he has some involvements. None of this is corruption because he does not personally profit.

General Powell and Condi Rice are great, but if you really want to speak to African-Americans, you have to elect them as governors and senators. Until you are validated by an election, you're not considered a full leader.

I miss being governor.

I've made more cuts than any governor has ever made.

I don’t want to be a lonely governor.

I have been governor every now and then, but I am a forester all the time.

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

Our supreme governors, the mob.

Governors have become much more aggressive in terms of overseas affairs. Fifteen years ago, if a governor spent time going to Europe, then people would think he was running for president and brushing up on his foreign policy. But now, there is a legitimate interest because the trips are tied to economic health.

Governors face many situations that threaten the health of their citizens and challenge the response capabilities of their public health infrastructure but do not qualify as an emergency. States need to ensure that they have the proper authority and aid agreements to do so.

Governors don't have to embrace social agendas the way federal candidates do.

Governors are recognizing that the iron is hot for states to move on this, especially as they're coming under increasing (federal) accountability demands to significantly boost student achievement.

Governors are crucial. If you want something to happen, you have to have a governor to get in there and shake things up and break some kneecaps.

Governors and state superintendents of public instruction like to say we can provide universal access and improved quality simultaneously, ... Given the uneven fiscal situations, I haven't found a state that can do that.

Grassley is a very good chairman, very fair, and he tries his very best to be bipartisan, ... But the Senate Finance Committee is made up of a lot of 'true believers' that people should exercise personal responsibility, that the governors will do the right thing... For them, it's about balancing the budget. For me, it's about taking care of a huge chunk of West Virginia... I was a governor, and this makes me very nervous.

I took action as governor to preserve the sanctity of life.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

The more debris there is the more it will show the governor's activity.

It's my job as governor to set a vision.

The Iranian government has made no positive steps demanded in the February 4 resolution of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency followed by a statement of the UN Security Council chairman on March 29, including to cease uranium enrichment activity.

These kids right here, they're going to be mayors and governors and lawyers and artists and social workers and actors. And you're going to reach for the stars, right? You're going to follow your dreams, right?

This is one tax that voters like. Raising cigarette taxes is a win-win-win solution for state legislators and governors as they face challenges in the next few months. The evidence that voters support cigarette tax increases is clear and overwhelming. Last November, 65 percent of Washington state residents voted approval of a 60-cent increase in their tobacco tax.

The election results show a surprising amount of support for the status quo. There were 28 Republican governors before, there are 28 Republican governors now.

The first Government House served as the home and offices of the colony's first nine governors from 1788 until 1845, when it was demolished due to poor condition,

The market has been down, triggered by some comments from Fed governors on inflation,

As governor, I learned the importance of having an agenda.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell!

Certainly being governor is an important job

Beautiful, luscious and flowing. Atop the governor's head.

Have you no morals, man?' 'Can't afford them,Governor.

Insurrection, never so necessary, is a most sad necessity; and governors who wait for that to instruct them are surely getting into the fatalest course.

Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?