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 SCHUMERWe 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 tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure.
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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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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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I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
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But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
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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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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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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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If you have a sharp bold economic message, you can unite everybody.
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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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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
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