Jeff Flake

If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it.

American Politician

Dick Durbin

Everyone, regardless of the mode of expression, has a constitutionally protected right to free speech. But when it comes to freedom of the press, I believe we must define a journalist and the constitutional and statutory protections those journalists should receive.

Raymond Kethledge

In my view, statutory ambiguities are less like dandelions on an unmowed lawn than they are like manufacturing defects in a modern automobile: they happen, but they are pretty rare, given the number of parts involved.

American Judge

Richard Carmona

When I came home after my statutory term as surgeon general, I just resumed my life here in southern Arizona. Teaching at the university; my law enforcement career. Sitting on some boards. All the things I did before.

American Public Servant

Sam Graves

Saying that you are advocating on behalf of small business does not grant a license to spend at will on more and more programs without congressional input, oversight, or statutory authority.

Owen Jones

The bereaved are often treated badly. There is no statutory paid bereavement leave, with the emotionally stunned often compelled to work within days of losing a loved one.

British Journalist

George J. Mitchell

I didn't want to make it a lifetime thing. I don't believe in statutory term limits, but people can limit themselves if they want to, and that's what I decided to do.

Jerome Powell

The success of monetary policy should be judged by the economy's performance against our statutory mandates of price stability and maximum employment.

Brett Kavanaugh

However much we might sympathize or agree with EPA's policy objectives, EPA may act only within the boundaries of its statutory authority.

Tate Reeves

I don't believe there is any constitutional or statutory authority for any president to shut down Mississippi's economy.

Statutory implies authority from formal laws, highlighting their official nature.

Authority Source

'Statutory' means it's not optional; these rules or laws must be followed.

Not Discretionary

Emphasizes that statutory provisions originate from government acts or decrees.

Governmental Origin

Being statutory means it's a legal requirement, not just a guideline or recommendation.

Legally Binding

When 'statutory' is used, it often signifies exact figures set by law.

Precise Figures

'Statutory' implies that the law or rule is fixed until changed by legislation.

Unchanging Rule

Statutory often refers to obligations that companies must legally follow.

Company Compliance

Statutory signifies something is not just existent but also legally recognized.

Legal Recognition

 it's wieners, it's pizzas, it's all of that stuff. Ten percent of what we spend on health care, as I said earlier, is on obesity, and it's going to double. We're not teaching our kids. There's no statutory right to teach kids about food,

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 mother pressed charges and Rockefeller was convicted of statutory rape a sentence that sent him to prison for four years and landed him on the state's

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