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I fully support global commerce.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Commerce
Support
Fully
Global
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Our current energy policy is bankrupt.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Energy Policy
Current
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Conservation is an American value, and it is lacking from this bill.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Conservation
Lacking
Bill
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I fully appreciate the fact that George W. Bush won 49% of my district.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Appreciate
Facts
Bush
District
Won
Fully
George
George W
George W. Bush
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Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of State government.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Government
Indian
Mercy
Political
Shifting
State Government
Tribes
Wind
Winds
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Water is a finite resource that is essential in the advancement of agriculture, and is vital to human life.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Advancement
Agriculture
Essentials
Finite
Human Life
Water
Essential
Resource
Vital
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The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Catalyst
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Important
Parks
Remembered
Rights
Rosa
Victory
Civil
Rights Movement
Victories
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For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Anticipate
Decades
Japan
Partners
Trading
United States
Partner
Prosper
Reliable
Trading Partner
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We have for too long put vast oil and natural gas reserves off limits to exploration and production, as The Washington Post editorial stated this week.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Exploration
Gas
Limits
Natural Gas
Oil
Reserves
Washington
Vast
Editorial
Production
Post
Stated
Washington Post
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The financial report makes it very clear that if we got into honest budgeting today, that in fact we would find ourselves with a much larger deficit than we have today.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Budgeting
Deficit
Financial
Report
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Rosa Parks will be remembered for her lasting contributions to society. Her legacy lives on in the continued struggle for civil rights around the world. She will be missed.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Civil Rights
Lasting
Legacy
Parks
Remembered
Rights
Rosa
Struggle
Civil
Contributions
Missed
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It does not matter what party you are a member of in this great Nation of ours. Accountability and competence are characteristics that Americans value throughout our great land.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Accountability
Characteristics
Competence
Land
Party
Nation
Great Nation
Member
Ours
Throughout
Value
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Technology
Higher
Irrigation
Practice
Produce
Smart
Additionally
Advances
Month
Higher Quality
Plants
Practices
Recognize
Serve
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Mrs. Parks was a shy, soft spoken woman who was uncomfortable being revered as a symbol of the civil rights movement. She only hoped to inspire young people to achieve great things.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Achieve
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement
Great Things
Inspire
Moving
Parks
People
Rights
Shy
Uncomfortable
Civil
Hoped
Mrs
Revered
Rights Movement
Soft
Spoken
Symbol
Young People
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In addition, to punishing sexual offenders and protecting our children, we must also provide services, resources and counseling to the people who are victims of these horrible crimes.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Children
Counseling
Crime
Horrible
Offenders
People
Resources
Addition
Crimes
Sexual
Protecting
Provide
Punishing
Services
Victims
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As a matter of fact, if you do not take into account, as Congressman Ross just stated, the Social Security surplus, our fiscal deficit, ladies and gentlemen, is over $700 billion today.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Congressman
Deficit
Security
Social Security
Surplus
Account
Billion
Fiscal
Gentlemen
Ladies
Stated
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When you're in a broken family and your role model is a violent male, boys grow up believing that's the way they're supposed to act. And girls think that's an accepted way men will treat them.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Girl
Believe
Growing Up
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But we must take other steps, such as increasing conservation, developing an ethanol industry, and increasing CAFE standards if we are to make our country safer by cutting our reliance on foreign oil.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Conservation
Country
Cutting
Developing
Ethanol
Foreign Oil
Oil
Reliance
Standards
Steps
Cafe
Foreign
Increasing
Safer
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The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Community
Crime
Criminals
Fund
Host
Millions
Paid
Providers
Service Providers
Way
Assist
Communities
Distributed
Fines
Levied
Throughout
Victims
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Despite the previous efforts of Congresses, our addiction to foreign oil, as the President stated, is greater today than ever before. That dependency is a threat to our national security, and we must address that threat.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Addiction
Dependency
Despite
Effort
Foreign Oil
Greater
National Security
Oil
President
Security
Threat
Today
Before
Ever
Efforts
Foreign
National
Stated
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This Department of Treasury, run by this administration, using the same tried and true accounting methods that every business in America uses, cast new light on the fiscal severity that our Nation is facing, what some would call a mess.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Accounting
Administration
Department
Mess
Severity
Treasury
Cast
Facing
Fiscal
Methods
This Administration
Uses
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As Taiwan's friend and ally, I believe it is important for the United States to monitor the situation in the Taiwan Strait very carefully to help ensure Taiwan is not forced into a position which would endanger its freedom or its democracy.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Believe
Democracy
Important
Taiwan
Freedom Believe I Believe
Ally
Carefully
Endanger
Ensure
Forced
Monitor
Strait
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In coming to the Congress as a new Member and becoming a fellow Blue Dog, we have had an opportunity to share and really spend a great deal of time in examining the challenges that our Nation finds itself in in getting its fiscal house in order.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Opportunity
Becoming
Blue
Congress
Dog
Examining
Time Great Opportunity
Fellow
Finds
Fiscal
Great Deal
Member
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In view of Chinas growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asias permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Country
Military
Views
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In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian countries join forces with other democratic countries in the world to form a global community of democracies.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Asia
Asian Countries
Best Way
China
Community
Democracy
Democratic
Form
Military
Permanent
Prosperity
Countries
Forces
Global
Intentions
Join
Military Strength
Permanent Peace
Safeguard
View
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Should we attempt border security first, which I believe we should, we still need to face the fact that comprehensive reform is necessary. This must include a guest worker program and dealing with the 11 million people who are here today that are contributing to our economy.
Jim Costa / U.s. Representative
Border Security
Comprehensive
Contributing
Economy
Program
Reform
Security
Today Believe I Believe
Attempt
Worker
Border
Dealing
Guest
Include
Million
Million People
Necessary
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