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.
CHARLES SCHUMERIn 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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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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I want to attract the best people into teaching.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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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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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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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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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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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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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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We’re going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We’re going to beat guns into submission!
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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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When a nominee doesn’t get 60 votes, you shouldn’t change the rules, you should change the nominee.
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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 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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I’m strongly for a patient Bill of Rights. Decisions ought to be made by doctors, not accountants.
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