"Raymond Neal Haynes, Jr." is an American politician and member of the Republican Party (United States)/Republican Party from the state of California.

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I think if we have an emergency, we'll bring our folks back, ... But right now the emergencies are in Iraq and on the Gulf Coast, and those are the things they're trained to deal with.

The institution of marriage transcends political fads, ... We are talking about an institution that has been defined for thousands of years ? and we are being asked to engage in a great social experiment.

Engaging in social experimentation with our children is not the role of the legislature, ... We are throwing the dice and taking a huge gamble, and we are gambling with the lives and future of generations not yet born.

The arrogance of this body in completely ignoring the resolution of a lawsuit (that was settled) in a way that was agreeable to both parties.

I don't think (the trip) embarrasses the governor. I think it makes Fabian look foolish.

You get a passing visit, but you don't get anything substantive, because Fox knows that Fabian can't do anything. ... He's working at counter purposes with the governor, it seems to me.

We are being asked to engage in a great social experiment, and the results of that experiment, if it is a failure, will be visited upon our children.

We are throwing the dice and taking a huge gamble, and we are gambling with the lives and future of generations not yet born, he added.