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 SCHUMERWe’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 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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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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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.
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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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Democrats don’t relate to middle-class people.
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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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Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.
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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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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 teaching should be an exalted profession, not a picked-on profession.
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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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So I want my kids to go to public schools because I think it’s a better education overall.
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We’re here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true.
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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 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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