1.
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.
Richard Burr
2.
A dynamic praying church must be built from the inside out, employing all four levels of
prayer: the secret closet, the family altar, small group praying and finally, the
congregational setting.
Richard Burr
3.
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.
Richard Burr
4.
It is critical that we have a comprehensive energy plan to provide affordable and reliable supplies of energy so that our economy will not be dependent on foreign sources of energy.
Richard Burr
5.
The inconveniences we faced within this state are minor compared to... New Orleans.
Richard Burr
6.
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.
Richard Burr
7.
Climate change is real and humans do contribute to those changes.
Richard Burr
8.
The best way to reduce emissions and pollution is not through partisan political theater but through developing consensus on areas that will bring about effectual change.
Richard Burr
9.
The terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, changed the way we think about security.
Richard Burr
10.
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.
Richard Burr
11.
Although we must change the ways we protect our country, we must also guard against policies that appear attractive but offer little real protection and may even impede our ability to protect ourselves.
Richard Burr
12.
I'd love to tell you that something is going to change tomorrow. But the reality is that it won't.
Richard Burr
13.
No one can get to the Right of me.
Richard Burr
14.
We must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures.
Richard Burr
15.
If there are witnesses the government interviewed who suggest other people were involved or that Tim McVeigh was not involved, those are critical matters that would have to be investigated.
Richard Burr
16.
This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.
Richard Burr
17.
We remember Ronald Reagan as a man who maximized his gifts from an unknown to an actor to a Governor to the leader of the Free World.
Richard Burr