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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.

Charles Schumer

I don’t think we should be putting first-time drug offenders in jail for five years. It’s a waste of resources.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Myself Resource Thinking Time Wasted
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 one has success, the answer is not to undo that success. It is to continue what has been done.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Answer Continue Oneself Success
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
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
The only way we’re gonna work with Donald Trump is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Abandonment Complete Direction Himself Move Work
I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Better Ideal Live People Translation
When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Candidate Change Fair Government Rule Vote Yourself
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.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Death Myself Offense Support Thinking
Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Freedom Give Up Serious
If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Accountability Culprit Fear Police
Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Accountable Job Majority Ourselves
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.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Goodness Government Replacement Yourself
The highest priority you can have is education.
CHARLES SCHUMER

Education High Priority Yourself
We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
CHARLES SCHUMER

Legislative Submission Weapon
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

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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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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