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 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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I’m still basically an idealist, which translates into getting real things done to make people’s lives better.
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People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
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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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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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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.
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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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The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.
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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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Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
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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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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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Inaction is perhaps the greatest mistake of all.
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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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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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