Dave Camp Quotes
We cannot solve a problem until we understand the full extent of the problem.
Dave Camp, House Hearings on Obamacare, 10/29/2013
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Abdul-Jabar was one of the greatest professional basketball players of all time. However, he became a serious historian of Black studies, write a number of books and had an intellectual influence upon young Black men that few people were able to match.
Referring to the 98% reelection rate of congressional incumbents:
While true in many fields, it is particularly so in politics.
The reason that this quote is important is that during the time that Graham served in the Senate, most of his Republican colleagues had evolved a political style where they just criticized everything the Democrats did or advocated. They would outdo each other to characterize problems more dramatically. They would even vote against legislation that they had supported earlier and in some cases, that they had even sponsored. They generally never made any specific suggestions or offered specific legislative options as once they did, there would be something that some might criticize them for. The tactic was reasonably effective in the short run, but a few Republicans, like Graham, felt that it was their duty to try and legislate solutions to national problems and not just uncover, describe or harp on what is a problem and attack Democrats.
David Lee Camp is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2015. Camp represented Michigan's 4th congressional district since 1993, and previously served one term representing Michigan's 10th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, Camp was chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, serving from 2011–2015. In March 2014, he announced that he would not run for re-election.
