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Thats been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, thats like, youre alone.
Minnesotans are ticket splitters. They look to the candidate, not the party, which is the way it should be, and that's only going to help me.
As long as you have money to live then it's not a terribly important thing. If you don't have enough to live, then it's very important thing.
Several professional athletes have wrongly taught many young Americans by example that the only way to succeed in sports is to take steroids.
We have a responsibility to promote stem cell research which could lead to treatments and cures for diseases affecting millions of Americans.
Everyone has a transferable commodity-knowledge. Sharing your unique expertise and making introductions for someone creates a lasting legacy.
The Obama Administration continues to talk about the 'policies of the past' and insist that a return to those policies will lead to disaster.
This is a very serious matter, because it is our children who are the prize for this community, they are specifically targeting our children.
The Middle East and South Asia have a lot less in common with America than 18-year-old kids in Boston have with 18-year-old kids in Arkansas.
There are still plenty of fighting forces inside of Syria who want to see Assad go. We should have been helping them from the very beginning.
I believe we must protect Medicare's guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.
Access to quality, affordable health care is particularly important here in Maine, where many of us own small businesses or are self-employed.
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
Americans' information independence is under attack, whether it's the repeal of net neutrality or the repeal of broadband privacy protections.
The NSA has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times a year since Congress gave it broad new powers in 2008.
What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted.
What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted - it was borrowed, spent, and wasted.
It's humiliating for Barack Obama and, therefore, the United States to have American sailors held hostage during his final State of the Union.
Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference.
No American should have to live in constant fear that their employer can fire them just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
I never owned a suit until after the election. I got married in jeans and boots. My wife and I, when we went to prom, I was in a pair of jeans.
Every new rule, mandate, and regulatory edict is one more obstacle that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and job creators have to swallow.
People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.
Donald Trump will lead a unified Republican government. And we will work hand-in- hand on a positive agenda to tackle America's big challenges.
I believe in making government as Ronald Reagan said. Not the distributor of gifts and privilege but once again the protector of our liberties.
We`re the generous country, we`re the ones that open our doors to other countries, and in many cases we get taken advantage of because of that.
I am very grateful for the Catholic Church and its unwavering stance on life. They have been a consistent, uncompromising voice defending life.
I have families all the time in my district in southeast Louisiana sharing with me stories of double digit premium increases every single year.
Our military leaders have studied the climate change issue and now believe that mitigating climate change is an urgent national security issue.
President Trump can't vote for me. The people that sent me up here sent me up here to repeal and replace, 100 percent, the Affordable Care Act.
If I were the president, I would tape everything that is said around me and what I said, because we know how sometimes things get misconstrued.
The Taliban didn't attack us on 9/11 - Al-Qaeda did. That's why I and other people joined the military - to go after Al Qaeda. Not the Taliban.
That's been hard being away from the family, because Washington can be lonely. When you tune out of all the activity, that's like, you're alone.
Doing your job requires different modes, and you can't just be stuck in one mode where you're always the shrill outsider screaming at everybody.
My legislation provides that Net Neutrality rules would have 'no force or effect' and prohibits similar rules from being published or re-issued.
I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.
A woman (Terri Schiavo) was healthy. There was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill.
In America, aren't we all supposed to see beyond class, see beyond ethnicity? Are all these lines drawn to set us apart and lock us into groups?
Puerto Rico has two divergent paths forward. After a reasonable transition period, it could become a state. Or it can become a sovereign nation.
Today's global landscape is increasingly interconnected. China and the Middle East play critical roles towards international peace and security.
A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests in the Arctic.
The Ways and Means Committee for me has this opportunity to work with programs where I can take my parents' sense of community and make it work.
When you get into this line of work, you're in public office, you expect you're gonna have cheap shots taken at you. That's part of the process.
As you get a changing of the guard in Washington D.C., with different people from different sectors, you'll start to break through the gridlock.
It would be very dangerous and unwise to proceed with the Senate Judiciary bill, which would lead to the release of thousands of violent felons.
I have, with great intentionality, a demeanor that I hope is welcoming for people to not be afraid to talk to me or, you know, ask me a question.
Creating a sustainable, economic, social, and ecological environment that provides everyone the opportunity to succeed is my mission in Congress.
We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.
We`re not going to end the Medicaid. We`re going to give the governors more control and leeway to bring innovative reforms to make Medicaid work.
Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings.