Richard Burr Quotations

We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.

The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to... New Orleans.

Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.

It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.

Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.

The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.

Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.

In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together - and I look forward to the challenges ahead.

No one can get to the Right of me.

the person responsible for this crime is quite human. He is a man that embodies much of the best that we call human.

When this is all over, it will be most important to determine what the federal, state and local roles are and should be,

If Tim changed his mind, a petition could be filed in the U.S. Supreme Court, but that's not going to happen.

He (McVeigh) is deeply concerned and always has been about police overreaching, particularly federal police, ... And this is a case where we now know partly that the FBI has done a lot of covering up, delaying things, not wanting to give over things, and our research suggests that there's a whole lot more of that, and that they're not now being honest that they've given us everything. So we think it's very serious.

He is probably writing a number of letters to people, he maintains correspondence with many many people, who care about him, and I know that he is probably doing whatever one does psychologically and emotionally, to get ready for something like this.

It is amazing to me that there is not some record of who accessed it, when and if anyone removed something from that vault and, if so, when it was returned,

People in this community rejected that. We don't know why.

Where we are right now is having a considerable amount of evidence that the FBI is still withholding information. What has been turned over and what has not been turned over, together, create a tapestry of what we believe is a fraud on the court perpetrated by the government.

When it comes to universities, you won't find much in (campaign) contributions.

When you sift through the realities, ... you will come to the conclusion that the right sentence is a life sentence.

We're not using Waco as an excuse. Waco is an event that happened that many people felt impassioned about. One of them was Tim McVeigh.

There is a challenge in North Carolina ... to some of the most rural areas trying to piece together a health care network,

While it is important that we work toward a solution to the current gasoline interruptions, we must also work to ensure that we do all we can to prevent similar disruptions in the future. This report is an important step in ensuring stability in our gasoline supply.

We're talking well over 100,000 people we have to find temporary housing for,

We've had our eye on creating a structure that not only handles today's problem but ... also the one around the corner.

see through the stereotypes, which were made due to a lack of information.

North Carolina has great representation in this administration. There are very talented people who have a lot to contribute,

a flip flop from 10 to 12 years ago.

Do you love the Tim in this picture?

Avian flu has convinced most Americans that we're behind the curve,

This good young man believed that the federal government was the enemy,

Thirty-one states have a 211 presence, but until 100 percent of North Carolina and 100 percent of the country is involved, we haven't finished our job,

They usually pray for the governing body that they make the right decisions during the year.

They are the difference between (local) care and going for a lengthy drive, ... The challenge is how you maintain this to be the preferred health care provider for people in this area.

Is the Tim in this picture still alive for you?

I have never quite been able to imagine how one does it, but I've seen many people do it, and it is a process of gathering one's own internal strength.

The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to ... New Orleans.

The challenge for us is that if we only address the uninsured and we only have resources to reimburse 90 percent on the dollar (for Medicaid costs), then where are you,

We remember Ronald Reagan as a man who maximized his gifts from an unknown to an actor to a Governor to the leader of the Free World.

This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

If there are witnesses the government interviewed who suggest other people were involved or that Tim McVeigh was not involved, those are critical matters that would have to be investigated.

I'd love to tell you that something is going to change tomorrow. But the reality is that it won't.

A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group praying and finally, the congregational setting.