Delegation Quotations

I am going to be announcing today that we will have a business delegation come to this country sometime in the future where we will bring businesses from America to Morocco to show them the vast business opportunities here.

I was 14 years old in August of 1968 and had earned the money and had managed to get tickets as a guest of the Massachusetts delegation to the Republican convention in Miami and where I was on the floor in the Rockefeller demonstrations.

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.

If we don't get it now, folks, after two major events, we're not getting it, ... The harsh reality is that our delegation in Washington is incredibly weak.

My delegation cannot refrain from speaking on this question-we who have such an intimate knowledge of boxcars and of deportations to unknown destinations that we cannot be silent.

For six months, we've been hearing -- the check is in the mail, the check is in the mail and the New York delegation worked very, very hard. And today we opened the mailbox and the check is there and we're going to continue to work with this administration to make sure the needs of New Yorkers are met,

China is still a winter sports fledgling, but we worked quite hard these years. The winter sport in China has developed very fast, especially the last four years, and we hope the Chinese delegation will make strong show in Turin.

China send the largest-ever delegation to attend the winter Olympics since we made our debut in the winter Games in 1980.

Basically, the delegation is coming to discuss the proposal that Pakistan had given to India on allowing travel. The Indian proposal can also be discussed at the meeting.

We look forward to sending a strong delegation to the first USA National Games.

We look forward to working with our congressional delegation to address their concerns.

He will meet with delegation heads of other parties and discuss the issues concerning the six-party talks.

He's had the vice president bail him out, and now he's got to have the delegation prop him up. That's got to be humiliating.

Hopefully this is the first step in establishing ASU-Newport as a regional transportation safety center, ... With the assistance of our congressional delegation in obtaining additional federal funding, this will become a reality.

The purpose of the delegation of enforcement authority to the community service director is to affect a change in behavior. We're trying to make sure there's enough money to go around, not make money for the city.

Labor supports the Productivity Commission's recommendation with regard to the delegation of tasks and ensuring that the MBS (Medicare Benefits Schedule) provides adequate incentives for this to happen.

It is more towards the Kenyatta aloofness. It is delegation without taking responsibility. Ministers are contradicting each other. They are issuing statements that endanger the nation. But the President is quiet. It is not a good trend.

I think it's urgent to show support for what our congressional delegation has done.

Riley will be leading a delegation of business economic development leaders from all over the state,

I wish someone would tell the Brevard delegation that administration fits function.

I think it is better to reduce the number of athletes in the delegation in a view to improve their ability to compete. We must take these wretched results seriously. I apologize to the Japanese people.

We can send that size of a delegation to Estonia and the question is, for what? Why do we need 40-odd people there?

We did not receive any official confirmation from the Syrian capital on whether President Assad will head the Syrian delegation to the United Nations Summit that will open on Sept. 14,

We're working together well as a Delegation in trying to ensure that Texas which has provided more support to evacuees than all the other states put together does get the support at the Federal Level that it needs,

Win or lose, the money is theirs. Each player, reserve and other members of the rugby delegation will be included in the donation.

Most of the companies in the delegation are newcomers to this market.

We have a unified local base-retention effort that is working in close cooperation with state officials and our Congressional delegation to ensure that our base gets its fair share of military spending to support its vital mission.

We had hoped this delegation would occupy Iraq's seat in the U.N., and we understand this was not approved due to the reservations of some of the neighbors.

I don't keep a dog and bark myself.

Where else can you see a delegation from Nigeria, a delegation from Texas and all of our state officers all in one place?

We recognize that it's a very high number, ... But I guess part of introducing this package and doing it unified in our delegation is to say this is an unprecedented natural disaster, a national tragedy. And it's going to take an unprecedented response.

The delegation has reached its goal of steady going.

The fact that the U.S. delegation used its veto is something extremely regrettable.

We call on the Palestinians to do all they can to end these attacks, ... and we will underscore this need with the Palestinian delegation that is coming next week.

We learned in 2003 that the federal government was headed towards researching, funding, developing and testing new nuclear weapons. I am the only member of the Utah delegation to oppose those efforts. The intent is clear - research, develop and test new nuclear weapons and each step along the way moves us toward new nuclear weapons testing.

We accomplish all that we do through delegation -- either to time or to other people.

We're hopeful that Florida's congressional delegation will nip this one in the bud.

Dr. Perry will travel to Pyongyang along with ambassador Wendy Sherman and a small delegation during the period from May 25 to May 28, ... While there, he will explore and assess in person the views of the senior North Korean officials. He will also consult with South Korean and Japanese leaders, both en route to and returning from the North Korean capital.

A tripartite official level meeting is now being held in Tehran March 13-15. The Indian delegation led by the petroleum secretary will be attending this meeting.

We need to get a delegation together and go visit (Gov. Bill Owens) about this. Getting this interchange improved is going to be crucial to Fort Carson's expansion.

We have expressed our position that we want the whole delegation on the plane. When the whole delegation is at the plane we will be in it.

We want a vehicle that ... can gain as much support from the delegation as possible and the support of the House so that we have a realistic chance of passing legislation that protects Florida.

We had some people in that delegation who were very close to -- and great fans of -- Senator McCain. And they were front and center when he came, and I think that that was totally appropriate after his run four years ago.

The mood in the Turkish delegation is one of disappointment,

Some delegations prefer to leave some things more ambiguous, my delegation would like to see things less ambiguous.

delegation will be visiting Gaza, Al Quds and some other places next month.

Proceeding from this principled position, the Chinese delegation cannot support the Security Council's recommendation to the General Assembly for accepting Tuvalu as a new member state,

Russia has not come to the conference empty-handed. The Russian delegation plans to announce that Russia will allocate tens of millions of dollars over the period until 2009.

Our congressional delegation has really come through for us with PRTC. Over the years we've gotten $15 million in federal earmarks.

Our congressional delegation has worked hard with the Department of Education to build flexibility into the rules.

Our (congressional) delegation is going to follow up with the other agencies to make sure that what happened with HUD doesn't happen again.

Our congressional delegation knows the community is very supportive of these projects.

Our congressional delegation wants the state to complete these projects.

Our delegation asked for the meeting with the patriarch and it is very important for us, as we Muslims work in close cooperation with our Christian brothers in Palestine.

Our delegation members and others witnessed serious irregularities and overt electoral fraud in a number of states,

First of all, it?s very good news. We have begged and pleaded with the captors to release her, as a community. The community sent a delegation to Jordan, actually, then to Iraq, to pursue the release of Jill Carroll. The community is very happy that she has been released. I think that the captors have realized the mistake that they?re making, I hope. I don?t know what they released her, but I am glad that they did.

The United States Olympic Committee is pleased to work with Visa to provide the U.S. delegation of athletes, coaches and staff with a tool that will simplify all their financial transactions and needs during the Olympic Winter Games. These easy-to-use cards provide tremendous advantages. We are thrilled U.S. Team Olympic sponsors, Visa and Bank of America, have come together to provide these cards to athletes and operational staff during a busy time.

This constitutes an excessive delegation of power by the executive branch.

This bill boggles the mind. Brazen doesn't begin to describe it. The Louisiana delegation is using Katrina as an excuse to resurrect a laundry list of pork projects.

This bill has the potential to bring a billion dollars in new capital investments into Clark County. It's the result of a unified delegation putting together a full-court press.

A delegation of senior Indian officials will visit Pakistan for talks on facilitating cooperation across the Line of Control (LoC) on providing relief to the victims of the quake,

This is an opportunity for the delegation to bring all the federal officials and federal entities to the table and assure (the) people of Colorado we're prepared,

In Beijing, China's public will have the opportunity to experience firsthand our country through the conduct of our delegation at those Games. So their behavior and how they conduct themselves will be exceptionally important.

I know that my delegation is coming here to work. We know pretty precisely what the issues are. I hope the (North Korean) delegation has also done some homework,

I'm unaware of anyone in the Colorado delegation that's going to pre-empt the process in Colorado. This is not just a Pueblo issue. This decision belongs to the people of Colorado.

If there comes a point in the negotiations when we believe a meeting of the entire Western New York congressional delegation would be beneficial, we'll work to set it up,

I liked the way he didn't just talk Xs and Os. He talked a lot about preparation, organization and delegation -- things that, with me just becoming a head coach, I needed to hear.

I hope the Democratic People's Republic of Korea delegation has done some homework. We had more than four weeks to look at the text of the proposed agreement.

Syria was showing great interest in this summit, the Syrian delegation in New York was following up political preparations for it,

This is just one agency reacting to a worst-case scenario. We're not trying to scare people. We've got a long way to go to get where we need to be on this budget. We've done a lot of work, we've got a great delegation (in Albany), and we like our chances.

Congress usually puts aside every budget from the President and will write their own. We will be working with our Congressional delegation as Congress writes their budget, so farmers shouldn't get too worked up until we get to the budget writing committees. This is the first step in a long process.

Connecticut consumers need an adequate power supply at a fair rate, and frankly, the ISO plan just doesn't cut it, ... The FERC commissioners need to reject this proposal and go back to the drawing board. If not, the Connecticut delegation stands ready, willing, and able to propose legislation to fix this problem.

consultation with various members of the delegation and the White House.

The congressional delegation refuses to take sides in a dispute where a massively profitable, taxpayer-funded company is trying to crush workers shows just how pathetically out of touch our government really is.

It's important that our delegation knows how important this issue is to all Americans, not just half of Alaskans,

They would like to hear from elected officials. It would be good to contact the Southern Arizona delegation not only in the House but in the Senate.

The Zapatista delegation will start out where it started 12 years ago on January 1 2006, in San Cristobal de las Casas.

They are welcome to send their delegation but we have prepared a security plan for the Indian team which is already much more effective than what they are asking for.

They inoculated themselves against the worst part of it. Legislators around the state are huffing and puffing, trying to keep up with their constituencies and trying to do damage control. The Bucks delegation looks pretty smart.

After Montreal, we got some time to adjust ourselves, I think I am in a good form now, the delegation did not give us too much pressure, and I hope I can did my best in this Games,

Any spate of news stories from now on about corruption in contracts, etc., will hurt - people will resist a major taxpayers' commitment if they think much of it will be wasted or lining the pockets of miscreants, ... That perception, unfortunately, has been reinforced by the delegation request, which editorials have called 'Louisiana looting.' The delegation needs to change its tone and strategy when it comes to getting aid. The other danger is that over time, as other disasters occur, aid becomes zero sum.

The Indian delegation is arriving in Islamabad late in the evening. The talks will be held tomorrow.

The harsh reality is that our delegation in Washington now is incredibly weak. What we've lacked is federal funding.

The idea of leasing federal waters off the coast of Virginia comes in response to discussion in the state's legislature about the potential of energy development off its coast. However, no offshore development will occur off Virginia unless the state's congressional delegation works to lift the moratorium.

The character of the Bush administration is such that the U.S. delegation to the United Nations will -- in practice -- indignantly refuse to recognize a single standard of human rights whenever such a standard would put the U.S. record in a negative light.

The (Florence County) delegation did them (Florence 1 board members) a courtesy giving them the right to come up with a suggested plan, but the delegation is the supreme school board.

The Florida delegation is united against it, as are most coastal states, but he has a promise it will be heard, so we're not taking it lightly. We're thinking it might only be a starting position for him.

It's the result of a unified delegation putting together a full-court press.

Each of the other destroyers pulled up next to the Missouri for its special passengers to go aboard, but not the Lansdowne. We were ordered to stop a nice distance away, and the Japanese delegation was forced to take a small launch to the Missouri. The brass wanted to rub their faces in it.

We will not reject any assistance from any country - Iran or any other. Our delegation was in Teheran today and will be in Moscow tomorrow. We will try to look for political and financial support. It's our duty to pay salaries to our people. The world must understand that we are under occupation.

We think it is absolutely critical that the entire delegation gets to Paris. We will insist that this be the case. We would expect that they would leave this evening.

This whole bid process has been a great experience for me personally. It's given me an even deeper appreciation of how much hockey means to such a broad cross-section of the Ottawa community. I felt it was very important for us to bring a strong delegation to Calgary. I'm confident we gave Hockey Canada and the site selection committee a lot to ponder on why the nation's capital would be the perfect backdrop for hosting the World Juniors.

This US Delegation by this visit and these discussions demonstrates to Slovakia and its people American support toward these goals.

It makes more sense than the piecemeal process in use today. Gov. Romney looks forward to working with the entire New England delegation on a more rational permitting process.

I am optimistic that this unified effort by our softball delegation will show Mr. Rogge and the IOC members that almost three months after the vote, we remain committed to getting our sport back on the 2012 program.

I am outraged that the US Mission could not send someone down to meet with a delegation of women whose lives and families have been shattered by this destructive and immoral war.

The latest draft put together by the Chinese delegation is a very negotiated document, ... We were really getting close, close to the end of this round.

The legislators unanimously voted on support for our federal recognition and urged the federal delegation to help us get federal recognition. That's tremendous.

The mandate of the delegation was to assess the security measures and we did a professional study.