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Your money has never been safe in the government's hands, and it never will be. Governments spend money; it's just their nature.
I'm passionate about people. I've spent my life in advocacy. People matter - whether or not we agree on the issue, people matter.
A leader can`t move a country that`s not ready. You can`t make the waves, but when you see them coming, you can help direct them.
I believe everyone should have healthcare. In all my correspondence - I've been saying for years - it's a right, not a privilege.
Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment
I'm moderately optimistic. We Americans are an enormous country with more than 300 million people so there's reason for optimism.
I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people who are in fact Arabs and who were historically part of the Arab community.
The terrorism danger to the United States "is even worse than September 11th, when 19 hijackers murdered almost 3,000 Americans."
Americans are calling for a return to common sense in how we solve problems and how the people communicate with their government.
History has shown that the masses have been quite receptive to the promises of authoritarians which are rarely if ever fulfilled.
On Veterans Day, we take time to honor those men and women who bravely serve and have served our nation in the U.S. Armed Forces.
We've got to continue to find ways to honor our 25 million veterans that have served our country with such honor and distinction.
Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment.
The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.
It is false to suggest that Thomas Jefferson or any other Founding Father believed in a legal barrier to God in the public square.
In addition, each barrel of oil we save through conservation further decreases our dangerous reliance on unstable Middle East oil.
Unskilled and inexperienced workers are the ones most often deprived of employment opportunities by increases in the minimum wage.
For those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do.
Not only does investing in your infrastructure provide very good construction jobs, at the end of the project, you have something.
Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.
Currently, not only are Americans taxed on what they earn, but those assets are taxed again when they are passed on to a loved one.
One puts on black robes to scare the hell out of white people, while the other puts on white robes to scare the hell out of blacks.
One of my messages to Republicans is very simple: One-third of your schedule should be listening to people in minority communities.
Racism is simply an ugly form of collectivism, the mindset that views humans strictly as members of groups rather than individuals.
Speak up, speak often and don’t worry about those that at this point cannot understand as they can never un-hear what we tell them.
When we finally decide that drug prohibition has been no more successful than alcohol prohibition, the drug dealers will disappear.
Of course I've already taken a very modest position on the monetary system, I do take the position that we should just end the Fed.
This whole controversy about global warming or even evolution - politicians just don't want to take the time to educate themselves.
I am opposed to both cloning and the destruction of human embryos and adamantly opposed to funding of embryonic stem cell research.
This nation's elected leaders owe all Americans the duty of formulating an Iraqi policy based on sound analysis of the actual facts.
I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.
I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.
Everybody in this country who wants to should be able to get as much education as they want. Education is the best resource we have.
The evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading of the atmosphere.
The Constitution gives the president of the United States an extraordinarily wide grant of authority to use the power of the pardon.
Congress has not raised the minimum wage since 1997. The minimum wage is now at its lowest level in 50 years adjusted for inflation.
We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.
Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.
It is at times such as this that we show our true spirit of giving and of brotherhood - of revealing the good Samaritan in all of us.
Cinco de Mayo has come to represent a celebration of the contributions that Mexican Americans and all Hispanics have made to America.
If I had to choose Reaganomics or 13 staffers quitting, I think for the average working American, Reaganomics was a much better deal.
To create employment, we need to stimulate the economy, and to stimulate the economy, we need to cut spending and reduce the deficit.
I'm fully confident that I will win the jackpot - so much so that I've already made a list of all the charities I will contribute to.
Education is a bipartisan issue that concern all communities of color and should be first, last and always about the student learning.
It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June of 2003. We have to pull back, and we have to recognize it.
I joined a Republican Party that was used to losing, used to being browbeaten by the Democrats. I represent a totally different style.
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions
If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?
I never would force the Justice Department to go to California and arrest people getting medical marijuana, when that's the law there.
What is not conservative about saying, 'Don't go to war unless we go to war properly with a full declaration of war and no other way?'