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 SCHUMERIn 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 think teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
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Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that’s not what any of us should want from our judges.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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Unfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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We’re here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true.
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When the President starts talking about something, it makes a difference.
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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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Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I`ve seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.
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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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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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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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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 made education the highest priority of my campaign – actually education and jobs – and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.
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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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