I’m not sure we will have every single Democrat, but we want a large number of Republicans to be able to vote for this bill because we think that will encourage the House not only to move forward but to pass a bill.
CHARLES SCHUMERThe public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they’re going to repeal. They don’t know what to replace it with.
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No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn’t give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.
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We need to make sure middle-class people are able to pay the bills. We need to make sure that poor people don’t starve. Those are values, too.
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We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
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When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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I want to attract the best people into teaching.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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As long as the Palestinians send terrorists onto school buses and to nightclubs to blow up people, Israel has no choice but to build the fence.
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Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
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The public knows how many good things there are as part of the Affordable Care Act. The Republicans say they’re going to repeal. They don’t know what to replace it with.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
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Unfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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I’m strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
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What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn’t cost that much.
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Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
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When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
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In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
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Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people’s rights away.
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