Many conservatives, I think, see action on climate change as really an attack on a way of life. That`s really a hard pill to swallow, that the whole way that I have created my life is wrong, you`re saying, that I shouldn`t have this house in the suburb, I shouldn`t be driving this car.

Bob Inglis

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There's a lot of Republicans who may have in the past been critical of fellow Catholics who they call 'cafeteria Catholics' who don't follow the church's teachings - say, on abortion. But now, are they going to become 'cafeteria Catholics' themselves and not follow the church's teachings on climate change?

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In fact, NSF was the leading successful efforts to improve U.S. math and science education long before the Department of Education was even created.

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The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security.

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So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.

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Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.

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We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave n... by Bob Inglis

We added Medicare Part D to a system facing bankruptcy and gave no thought to means testing it.

testing medicare mean

I think we`re all experiencing climate change. Experience is an effective teacher. It`s sometimes a very harsh teacher. So we will be taught about climate change.

climate teacher thinking

Most of us complain about Congress. We say it's a place that doesn't reflect us; they don't listen to us. Actually, Congress well reflects the American people. It gives us exactly what we ask for.

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I represented the 4th District of South Carolina... from the election '92 until election '98. And then I was out six years and then came back for another six years between the election 2004 and the election 2010.

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So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough... by Bob Inglis

So I'm a pretty conservative fellow, but not conservative enough for the Tea Party.

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Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us?

denial air moving

I voted for the Deficit Reduction Package with significant heartburn over the student aid provisions.

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We in Congress need to support the American forces in every conceivable way, giving them the tools to continue to convert, capture or kill terrorists and the time to equip the Iraqi security forces.

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The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion. by Bob Inglis

The freedom to convert is fundamental to freedom of religion.

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NSF is the only federal agency with a proven track record of selecting education projects through a rigorous, careful and competitive process that draws on a wide variety of experts from outside government.

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So I submit to my colleagues here today that hydrogen is not as f... by Bob Inglis

So I submit to my colleagues here today that hydrogen is not as far away as we think it is.

think colleagues far-away today

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more. by Bob Inglis

We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more.

more expensive education trying

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants. by Bob Inglis

We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

laws nation immigrants

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform. by Bob Inglis

It's clear that we need comprehensive immigration reform.

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For example, a breakthrough in better batteries could supplant hydrogen. Better solar cells could replace or win out in this race to the fuel of the future. Those, I see, as the three big competitors: hydrogen, solar cells and then better batteries.

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