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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.

Charles Schumer

When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Appearance Avoid Conflict Interest Obligation President Run Yourself
I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Education Greatness Myself Public School
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.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Believe Enough Future Legal Oneself Tough
But these days there are a lot of younger people who would like to go into teaching but don’t because the economic opportunities are sometimes elsewhere.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Economics Opportunity People Place Teaching Time Young
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?
CHARLES SCHUMER

Feeling Function Government Myself Pay Primary Safety
When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Phone Photograph Privacy
The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Negotiation Simplicity Yourself
People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Angry Crime Government People
Substantively Democrats are much closer to where the American people are than Republicans are.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Close Democracy People
The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Crime Democracy Domination Past
Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Bigotry Excuse Explanation Poison
A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Comment Infrastructure Money War
Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people’s rights away.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Conservative People Right
So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Children Education Myself Public School
It is essential that all Americans take the time to honor and remember those individuals who gave their lives in defense of our liberty.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Defense Live Ourselves Protection Remember Respect Time
Republicans always try to paint Democrats as weak on defense. This time, they can’t. After all, Mitt Romney’s idea of an overseas accomplishment is sending U.S. jobs there.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Accomplishment Democracy Ideas Job Paint Time Try

Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.

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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments – the American people really don’t care.

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