Johnny Isakson
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"John Hardy" ""Johnny"" "Isakson" is the senior United States Senate/United States Senator from Georgia (U.S. state)/Georgia, in office since 2005, and a member of the United States Republican Party/Republican Party. Previously, he represented in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Isakson served in the Georgia Air National Guard (1966–1972) and graduated from the University of Georgia. He opened a real estate branch for Northside Realty and later served 22 years as the company's president. After a failed bid for the Georgia House of Representatives in 1974, he was elected in 1976. He served seven terms, including four as minority leader. Isakson was the Republican candidate for governor of Georgia in 1990, but lost. Two years later, he was elected to the Georgia Senate and served one term. He unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary in the U.S. Senate election, 1996/1996 U.S. Senate elections.

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I heard someone in opposition to reform last night criticize the president for saying it's their money. They said it's not their money; it's my mother's money. Well that's what's wrong with the system.

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I think it's unfortunate that letter may have sent the signal there wasn't unity when in fact there was.

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Will make it more difficult for airlines to convince a bankruptcy judge that they cannot make reasonable pension payments.

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I don't remember ever hearing of someone running for office and getting elected by saying that if the worst natural disaster in the history of the country hit, the government wasn't going to spend a dime to help the innocent citizens.

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You know, if you didn't pay close attention, you'd think we were the only people in Iraq and the only people fighting the terrorists.

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It wasn't anything that we did, ... It's just one of those things that happened.

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As we consider $81.9 billion dollars for the continuation in our effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, if we look for optimism, it surrounds us everywhere.

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You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

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What's happening today is not going to help us, because the refineries have had to shut down and the offshore wells have had to shut down.

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