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John Dingell Biography

John David Dingell Jr. (born July 8, 1926) is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from December 13, 1955, until January 3, 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He represented Michigan throughout his congressional tenure and most recently served as the representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district.

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My old daddy used to say "kill the closest snake first".

Daddy, Firsts, Kill, Say, Snakes, Used

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.

Administration, House, Material, Regard, Thinking, War

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.

Country, Criminals, Deal, Gun, Guns

If I were to select a jack-booted group of fascists who are perhaps as large a danger to American society as I could pick today, I would pick BATF [the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms].

Alcohol, Batf, Danger, Groups, Gun, Perhaps

I still think it would be a great mistake to go into a war without support of our friends and allies.

Friends, Mistake, Think, Thinking, War

There is a tendency of the American people to give those who are elected an opportunity to carry out their policies and programs.

American, Giving, Opportunity, People, Programs

The Democratic Party needs to look carefully at moving towards the middle, where the American people are.

Democratic, Moving, Party, People

The mistake that was made was, of course, leaving Saddam in charge of affairs over there.

Affair, Charge, Leaving, Mistake, Saddam

I can support going in after Saddam Hussein, but I want to make sure I don't go alone.

Alone, Hussein, Make, Support, Want

The harsh fact of the matter is when you're passing legislation that will cover 300 million American people in different ways, it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.

Long, People, Steps, Taken, Ways

War is failure of diplomacy.

Diplomacy, Failure, War

If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats.

Control, Gun, Loss, Tell, Years

To go to war, you must always think of, can you win?

Think, Thinking, War, Win, Winning

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

Eisenhower, President, Presidents, Serve, Together

If were going to change the laws, lets change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens.

Catch, Law, Rights, Second Amendment, Time, Ways

Compromise is an honorable word.

Compromise, Honorable, Word

I have enormous respect for Tom Daschle. The NRA has not yet taken a formal position on which I'm aware of on this matter, and I think Tom may be just getting a little ahead of things.

Enormous, May, Nra, Position, Taken, Thinking

Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books.

Akin, Book, Books, Environmental, Library, Unread

Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on.

Everything, Foreign, Issues, People, Vote