As more people rely on government programs, the harder it becomes to conduct the necessary reforms to preserve them to help our society’s most vulnerable.
JIM DEMINTIf we become too scared to confront the chief problems of our time, there is no hope of ever solving them.
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We must now make clear to Lebanon that it will not benefit from U.S. assistance and support as long as it harbors this brutal terrorist and murder.
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I have been on shop floors. I have talked to a lot of the companies that create jobs in South Carolina and across the country. And what they want is less regulation.
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Anyone who says the Republicans have been irresponsible aren’t looking at the facts.
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No funding for Planned Parenthood; protect the unborn.
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The problem we’ve got now in Washington is that the goals are completely the opposite from each other.
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Today is a celebration of hope for the Iraqi people. The Iraqi people can now take control of their government and their future by creating a society that protects the rights endowed to us by our creator – life, liberty and freedom.
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We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free.
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I don’t even like playing a contentious role.
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I think I’m the only senator who does not see a president when I look in the mirror.
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Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises.
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American exceptionalism requires understanding biblical view.
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So, the point I’m making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it’s the job of every congressman and senators to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
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Allow states to opt out of No Child Left Behind.
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I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.
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Motorists who want to save money on gas will demand and buy more fuel-efficient vehicles. We should not limit their freedom with more government regulations.
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