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As the economy grows, so will the demand for energy.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Demand
Economy
Energy
Grows
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The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Hijacking
Logging
Spy
Act
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I think the American people, understandably, have sort of lost faith in the United Nations.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Faith
Nations
People
Thinking
United Nations
American People
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Markets rebounded quickly from morning jitters after the London Thursday terrorist bombing.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Morning
Bombing
Jitters
London
Terrorist
Thursday
Quickly
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Perhaps these Ten Commandments cases will be the turning point in the legal war against religion.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Religion
Legal
War
Cases
Commandments
Ten
Ten Commandments
Turning
Perhaps
Turning Point
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Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Civilians
Murder
Political
September
September 11
Begin
Political Statement
Statement
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U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Affordable
Availability
Economic Prosperity
Energy
Prosperity
Tied
Closely
Reliable
Supply
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We are the biggest donor to the United Nations, contributing 22 percent of the regular operating budget and nearly 27 percent of the peacekeeping budget.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Contributing
Donors
Nations
Peacekeeping
United Nations
Budget
Donor
Operating
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On September 11, the murders of World Trade Center employees and visitors took the lives of numerous nationalities, ethnic groups and religious followers.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Ethnic Groups
Followers
Groups
Religious
September
September 11
Visitors
World Trade
World Trade Center
Center
Employees
Ethnic
Numerous
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Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Court
Economic Development
Entity
Private Property
Supreme
Supreme Court
Thursday
Backed
Governments
Local
Local Governments
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At the bottom, the elimination of spyware and the preservation of privacy for the consumer are critical goals if the Internet is to remain safe and reliable and credible.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Bottom
Credible
Elimination
Goal
Preservation
Privacy
Safe
Safety
Consumer
Reliable
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Although AmeriCorps is making a difference among its participants and the people they serve, we must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Homelessness
Job Training
Making A Difference
Participants
Although
Serve
Veterans
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The main part of the Hyde bill is to withhold U.S. contributions to the regular assessed budget of the U.N. unless they make real and substantial reforms in the way they operate.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Hyde
Assessed
Bill
Budget
Contributions
Reforms
Main
Operate
Substantial
Withhold
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Canada is currently the only major industrialized country in the world that does not allow any private administration of health care services that are provided by the public system.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Administration
Canada
Country
Doe
Health Care
World
Health World Care
Allow
Currently
Industrialized
Major
Private
Provided
Services
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My legislation, the Simple Savings Tax Relief Act of 2005, simply eliminates the taxation of interest earned in savings accounts, such as passbook savings accounts or bank certificates of deposit.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Accounts
Legislation
Relief
Savings Accounts
Simple
Tax
Bank
Simply
Deposit
Earned
Tax Relief
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Since 1994, unemployment rates are lower. Median household income is higher. A greater percentage of Americans are graduating from college. Home ownership rates are higher. And the violent crime rate has decreased.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Home
College
Crime
Higher
Home Ownership
Income
Median
Ownership
Rate
Unemployment
Crime Rate
Graduating
Lower
Percentage
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I believe that we should allow younger workers to contribute toward a personal account that they own, as long as it is coupled with deficit reduction measures that enhance the long-term condition of Social Security.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Believe
Deficit
Long
Long Term
Reduction
Social
Social Security
Workers
Account
Believe Long I Believe
Condition
Allow
Younger
Believe I Believe Long
Contribute
Coupled
Deficit Reduction
Enhance
Measures
Toward
Younger Workers
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But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Citizens
Crime
Enforcement
Fighting
Florida
Funding
Jurisdiction
Law Enforcement
Officials
Protect
Protect And Serve
District
Helps
How Much
Jag
Serve
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I continue to meet people who have had their Web pages hijacked, their browsers corrupted, in some cases, their children exposed to inappropriate material from these dangerous programs hidden in their family computers.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Computers
Cases
Children
Exposed
Inappropriate
Pages
People
Corrupted
Hidden
Programs
Material
Web
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Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Legal
Appreciate
Atheist
Commandments
Ethical
Historical
Moral
Ten
Ten Commandments
Mr
Contains
Document
Speaker
Recognize
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First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Desirable
Firearms
Generations
Millions
Rights
Second Amendment
Valuable
Amendment
Amendment Rights
Product
Provide
Sportsmen
Supporters
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In early January I introduced my legislation, which, besides prohibiting Federal funding of human cloning, also expresses the sense of Congress that foreign nations should establish total prohibition on human cloning as well.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Cloning
Congress
Funding
Human Cloning
January
Legislation
Nations
Prohibition
Besides
Establish
Expresses
Federal
Federal Funding
Foreign
Introduced
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Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of bustling life like public transportation or entertainment, like nightclubs.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Attacking
Civilians
Entertainment
Importance
Nightclubs
Symbolic
Target
Today
Transportation
Venues
Distinct
Increasingly
Pursuing
Route
Targets
Terrorists
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I would say to my colleague that the misery index, inflation and unemployment, when added together is the lowest it has been in the last series of Presidents, even going back to Jimmy Carter. So I think the Bush administration is doing a good job.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Administration
Carter
Good Job
Inflation
Jimmy
Lowest
Misery
Series
Unemployment
Good Together Doing
Added
Bush
Bush Administration
Colleague
Jimmy Carter
Presidents
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The Spy Act strikes a right balance between preserving legitimate and benign uses of this technology, while still, at the same time, protecting unwitting consumers from the harm caused when it is misused and, of course, designed for nefarious purposes.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Technology
Balance
Benign
Harm
Misused
Spy
Strikes
Caused
Designed
Preserving
Protecting
Purposes
Right Balance
Same Time
Uses
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Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Beneficiaries
Committed
Concerned
Generations
Long
Long Term
Program
Reduction
Retirement
Social Security
Current
Ensuring
Future Generations
Preserving
Specifically
Vital
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The irony of the Supreme Court hearing on these cases last week and of the outright hostility that the Court has displayed against religion in recent years is that above the head of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is a concrete display of the Ten Commandments.
Cliff Stearns / Former U.s. Representative
Religion
Cases
Chief Justice
Commandments
Concrete
Court
Display
Hostility
Irony
Justice
Supreme
Supreme Court
Ten
Ten Commandments
Years
Above
Chief
Outright
Recent
Recent Years
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