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 SCHUMERLet 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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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.
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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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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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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.
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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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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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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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Crime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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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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Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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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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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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If we are going to stay a great power and I hope and pray we will we need the truth. We need to know what is going right and we need to know what is going wrong. There is no greater time than now.
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