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.
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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The highest priority you can have is education.
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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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What I want to do first with education is my student loan idea. Basically, if you go into teaching and teach for five years, your student loans should be forgiven. It doesn’t cost that much.
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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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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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The bottom line is very simple. You negotiate on this, they will up the ante for the debt ceiling.
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The only people who use them [so-called assault weapons] are mass murderers.
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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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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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I’m going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.
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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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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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Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
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