America is a place where we all come together. It is a place of consensus.
CHARLES SCHUMERI’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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We tend to talk, Democrats, as a party, in legislative terms.
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I want to attract the best people into teaching.
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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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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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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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You do have to change things as warfare changes.
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The only way we’re gonna work with Donald Trump is if he moves completely in our direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.
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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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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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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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If the Saudis were culpable, they should be held accountable. If they had nothing to do with 9/11, they have nothing to fear.
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Our job is going to be to hold Donald Trump and the Republican majority accountable.
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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.
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The highest priority you can have is education.
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