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.
CHARLES SCHUMERWhether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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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?
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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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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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Unfortunately, the administration’s plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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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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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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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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When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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Obviously, there are conservatives who are in the mainstream and conservatives who would take people’s rights away.
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Whether you are a Democrat or Republican, whether you are a liberal or a conservative, we know that neither this President nor prior Presidents of both parties did everything right or we would not have had a 9/11.
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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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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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When you run for president you have certain obligations. One of them would be to avoid even the appearance of conflicts of interest.
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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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Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
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But I don’t think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class.
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The highest priority you can have is education.
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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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In today’s competitive economy, to stand still is to die.
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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The export market is based, on high-paying jobs. I`ve seen statistics that show that people make over 88 a year generally benefit from this because these are export jobs.
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Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.
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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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