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BOWEN PHUA My guess is that we'll only have a better, clearer indication of the magnitude of cost savings in 20...
BOWEN PHUA It's not about taking away rights from gays and lesbians as much as it is denying the best opportuni...
CHUCK BOWEN Idealistic? Ruddy stupid, if you'll pardon the language, miss,: Mr Roberts said. "All this talk abou...
RHYS BOWEN In my first courtroom scene, William [Shatner] had one of those giant monologues [creator] David Kel...
JULIE BOWEN Taste the rainbow.
JOHN BOWEN While we continue to oppose even the amended version, we knew that if we appeared before the committ...
CHUCK BOWEN It comes down to cost, condition and space as to why the pool is closing. It's time to take action.
CHARLES BOWEN I think as an educational institution, at some point during a student's journey, it becomes importan...
CHARLES BOWEN More students have a better knowledge of pop culture than of the Constitution,
CHARLES BOWEN When Karen ran for office in 2003 and stressed her support for equality for us, none of us knew that...
CHUCK BOWEN I've been consumed for a year with the fear we would run out of money to finish projects.
STUART BOWEN One day's delay is another day's lack of progress.
STUART BOWEN A key lesson of the [inspector general's] experience is that oversight works best when it is up-fron...
STUART BOWEN That number in fact will be much higher.
STUART BOWEN The need for more funding has reached a critical point.
STUART BOWEN The CPA did not implement adequate financial controls.
STUART BOWEN If the U.S. and the world do not buy the necessary time for Iraq to be able to shoulder their own in...
STUART BOWEN Though the causes may be numerous and valid, the existence of the gap simply means that the completi...
STUART BOWEN I don't see her beholden to Bush. Because of this fastidious commitment to doing the right thing, sh...
STUART BOWEN I don't think anyone should claim God as being on their side in this debate.
DEBRA BOWEN We're focused on things that will do one of three things. Put more electrons into the system, more e...
DEBRA BOWEN This is a measure I undoubtedly hate as much as anyone on this floor, but it is far less odious than...
DEBRA BOWEN The last thing these people need is to be conned into turning over half their inheritance to some hi...
DEBRA BOWEN Good-byes breed a sort of distaste for whomever you say good-bye to; this hurts, you feel, this must...
ELIZABETH BOWEN What's happened is that an incessant, an insidious insurgency has repeatedly attacked the key infras...
STUART BOWEN