We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
CHARLES SCHUMERInaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
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This is government’s primary function – to keep us safe – and when large percentages in America don’t feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?
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The highest priority you can have is education.
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I am deeply skeptical of trade deals in general.But the only way they can get a number of Democrats is by doing a strong real currency bill that goes after the worst of the trading partners, the one that`s stealing our high-end jobs.
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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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I don’t think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It’s a waste of resources.
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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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I feel very strongly that we need to change the way we do trade because it has been one of the major factors that lead to decline of middle class incomes.
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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.
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I’d like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
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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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I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don’t think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
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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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I think there’s going to be a lot of Americans who are really willing to be much more active than they were before, because they’re worried about where Trump is headed.
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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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