I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
CHARLES SCHUMERI 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.
More Charles Schumer Quotes
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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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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An economic message, an economic platform unites the factory worker in Scranton, the young woman in Los Angeles struggling to pay her college debt and the single mom in Buffalo who’s on minimum wage.
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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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I’m strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
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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.
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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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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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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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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.
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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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Certainly any president – Democrat, Republican, liberal, conservative – should keep an open mind until they get the briefing.
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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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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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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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