I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
CHARLES SCHUMERWhen a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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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 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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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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When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.
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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 greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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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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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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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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I want to attract the best people into teaching.
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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.
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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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