Words matter. These are the best Richard Burr Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
ISIL is more threatening to the Muslim world than it is to western civilization.
I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States – on the Eastern District of North Carolina. Not many people know that.
When I’m really in the car, I’ll cut on Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons.’ That’s probably the thing that’s soothing to me the most.
I can’t influence or impact where the NRA goes and spends money.
How did ISIL grow? It’s real simple: social media.
We must make clear that the United States will not tolerate hostile Russian activities against us or our allies.
Americans were promised that Obamacare would lower their premiums and that they could keep their current plan if they liked it, but that’s not what Americans got.
Donald Trump was an entertainer and is in many ways.
The strongest tool we, as Americans, have is our ability to rally together and to find solutions with unity of purpose.
I never envisioned retiring out of the Congress.
Apple exists as a corporate entity with the protections provided by U.S. laws, but it cannot be allowed to pick and choose when to abide by those laws as it sees fit.
The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.
One is only susceptible to lobbying if they’re weak and they trust what an individual tells them without verification.
I’m not opposed – we manufacture a lot of socks in North Carolina – I just choose not to wear them. It’s a Southern thing. It’s a cultural thing.
We often take for granted that our lights will come on when we flip the light switch, but the reality is that our reliability standards and the current state of the transmission grid leave us all vulnerable to blackouts.
Many times, disagreements between the two political parties in Washington get all the headlines. What’s not reported is the fact that Republicans and Democrats agree on where we want to go, but we disagree on how we’re going to get there.
The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to… New Orleans.
In the United States Senate, we cannot do great things without reaching across the aisle and working together – and I look forward to the challenges ahead.
Politics isn’t fun.
Congress must not do something just for the sake of doing something. We must carefully and thoughtfully consider the implications of any action and whether that action will help or hinder our ultimate mission of protecting U.S. citizens from terror.
There is no limit to our ability and potential when we, as a nation and as a people, work together.
Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.
Our best line of defense, trying to keep this nation safe and secure, is an effective intelligence-gathering capability, with robust congressional oversight.
From an institution standpoint, I want the American people to understand that the Senate can function, even on the most serious things.
Vladimir Putin is not our friend and never has been.