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The absence of fear is love.
Washington can be a frustrating place.
I play in the congressional baseball game.
Connecticut farmers keep our economy running.
Our mental health system is broken, and we should fix it.
From fear of the unknown, both horns and wings have grown.
Saudi Arabia is an important country to the United States.
No need to repent, no need to forgive - reverse 'evil' to live.
Our veterans made a commitment to our country when they signed up.
You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.
Sympathy is important, but it rings hollow if not followed by action.
Russia's number-one goal is to pull apart the E.U., to pull apart NATO.
I'm generally pretty responsible and diligent, but people make mistakes.
Whenever I travel abroad, I try to visit U.S. troops just to say thanks.
The skill of telemarketing does not necessarily translate into governing.
American values don't begin and end with destroyers and aircraft carriers.
ISIL is a terrorist army like we have never seen - they cannot be ignored.
My career in Congress is a story of before Sandy Hook and after Sandy Hook.
In 2013 and 2014, I traveled to Ukraine three times with Senator John McCain.
I don't expect everyone to agree with me. Frankly, I'd be shocked if they did.
A domain exits where concepts can't go; so leave them on the doorstep to enter.
Anytime somebody loses a presidential election, there are lots of explanations.
Health care, whether I like it or not, is at the foundation of my public service.
I worry that there are financial ties between the Trumps and the Saudi royal family.
I wake up ready to right and I feel like I'm on the right side of history every day.
So sophisticated and smart, but our eyes tell us lies, or at best the truth in part.
There's zero evidence, empirical or anecdotal, that more guns leads to less gun crime.
If we want our laws to change, we need to elect people who are willing to change them.
The gun lobby is certainly politically powerful, but it loses as many races as it wins.
One of the smartest investments we can make in Connecticut is in job training programs.
Washington is agonizingly slow at learning from its mistakes. Especially in the Middle East.
Creating deep and meaningful change in this country takes time - years and sometimes decades.
I used to play lots of sports. I used to be a good tennis player. I used to be a decent golfer.
Unfortunately, the state of national security under the Trump administration is far from strong.
America's reputation is based on its ability to deliver the world big, Earth-changing solutions.
I think Donald Trump believes in putting a wall around America and hoping everything turns out OK.
The most powerful force when changing people's hearts and minds is a person-to-person conversation.
What is happening in Iraq now is awful, but it is a consequence of our invasion, not our withdrawal.
As I'm learning, Republicans seem to only care about deficits when a Democrat is in the White House.
When I got to the Senate, I made overhauling our nation's mental health laws one of my top priorities.
The Saudis helped the U.S. ensure that the Russians never got a meaningful foothold in the Middle East.
We simply believe that we should lean into the world with something other than the pointed edge of a sword.
I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.
The tweets that I send out are not written by somebody else. They're not vetted through my communications staff.
If you want to change our gun laws, the best thing you can do is find a group that speaks to you and get involved.
I've never met a Democrat in Congress who wants open borders or who doesn't believe in enforcing immigration laws.
There's no denying that if I were designing a health care system from scratch, I'd build a Medicare for All system.
More Democrats should be speaking without vetting their statements through their staff because it will feel realer.
I ran in 2006 as an opponent of the Iraq War, and I came to Congress to change overreliance on U.S. military power.
I can't throw a nickel from the Capitol without hitting a think tank that's been financed by one of the Gulf States.