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Superfund was passed with the good intention of cleaning up America's toxic waste sites.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: America Cleaning Good Intention Passed Sites Toxic Up Waste

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That is, while we believe that cost-benefit analysis is an important tool to inform agency decision making, the results of the cost-benefit analysis do not trump existing law.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Agency Analysis Believe Decision Decision Making Existing Important Inform Law Making Results Tool Trump While

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The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Agencies Common Common Sense Create Lose Problem Regulations Sense Sight Sometimes

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There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Competence Courtroom Degree Law Lot More Skill Than

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We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Also Ask Focusing Important Most Priorities The Most Important

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We just ask the agency to make reasonable and honest decisions, and the public deserves no less.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Agency Ask Decisions Deserves Honest Just Less Make Public Reasonable

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We're hoping for the best, but we need to prepare for the worst.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Best Hoping Need Prepare Worst

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We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: Ambiguous Conflict Country Gulf Gulf War Korean Made Mistakes Past Persian Say Some Times War Were Where Would

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While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass.

~Fred Thompson

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You can't substitute promise after promise with known violators of prior promises at the expense of protecting ourselves or setting an example.

~Fred Thompson

Topics: After Example Expense Known Ourselves Prior Promise Promises Protecting Setting Substitute You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: August 19th, 1942

Died: November 1st, 2015

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