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He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
People had so much respect for George Mitchell. They wanted to cooperate with him. I think that's a hallmark of a very good leader.
I'm very proud that the state of Vermont banned fracking. I hope communities all over California, and all over America do the same.
Should a small business or a large business be able to pollute the water or the air or the food? No, I hope you don't believe that.
It's absurd we remain the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people and paid family and medical leave.
The CEO of large multi-nationals like Hillary [Clinton]. They won't going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me even less.
When World AIDS Day was first observed in 1988, there was no truly effective treatment for what was almost always a deadly disease.
I didn't go to Harvard or Princeton, but I can count - the defunding box canyon is a tactic that will fail and weaken our position.
There are numerous groups across the country, both local and national, that are working to prevent gun violence in our communities.
For far too long, Washington has denied the American citizens of Puerto Rico vital human services and adequate health care funding.
As I review the great history of our nation, community organizers have been at the center of so many of our great social movements.
I don't know what God has planned for me or you or anyone, but I do know that in darkness, you discover an indistinguishable light.
My father had a country store and then later, when I was 10 or 12, sold it and bought a farm equipment dealership in nearby Camden.
We are in a movement that must not fade away. The bosses are you. The people in Washington are public servants, and they serve you.
Honest people can disagree on policy. But where there can be no honest disagreement is the need to change our nation's debt course.
In the U.S. Senate, in the short term we need to reduce the tax burden on hard working individuals, families, and small businesses.
Our most important allies in the fight against ISIL are the vast majority of Muslims who reject its apocalyptic ideology of hatred.
For many of us who were born and raised in this country, including me, it's sometimes easy to forget how special America really is.
There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different.
It's okay to take the food out of the mouths of the citizens from a government that's plotting an attack directly on American soil.
It's clear that health care is a concern for people all across the country regardless of their political stripe or where they live.
The administration still wants to govern from the far-left and that's going to produce kind a partisan result here in the Congress.
If you hear me out, I believe you'll discover that what motivates me more than any other issue is the defense of everyone's rights.
Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
I think it's a conundrum. If we have no laws on this, people take it to one extension further, does it have to be humans, you know?
The Supreme Court must strike down the government's illegal spying program as a violation of our Fourth Amendment right to privacy.
Trump is going to be the change agent. Hillary Clinton is going to be the status quo. Bernie Sanders is not going to be in the mix.
Often you see big companies, big banks who are eager to embrace crushing regulatory burdens because they drive up everyone's costs.
My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.
When you live in New York, one of two things happen - you either become a New Yorker, or you feel more like the place you came from.
I ask the American people not to fall victim to disinformation. There are no death panels. The Affordable Care Act cuts the deficit.
When it comes to standing up for veterans, we cannot be the Republicans and Democrats, we have to be the red, white, and blue party.
This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often - put things in contact.
You need a Democratic Party which is a grassroots party, which makes decisions from the bottom on up, not just from the top on down.
There is a worry about a bomb being implanted in a human being and placed on an airplane. So, I think there is a lot to worry about.
The fact is I tried for years to work with the financial industry on reasonable swipe fee reform, but the industry wouldn't have it.
If there had been a Financial Product Safety Commission in place 10 years ago, the current financial crisis would have been averted.
We should show Washington how we do it in North Dakota. I'm running to stop the over-regulating of our economy and start growing it.
I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it.
Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.
The more Americans find out about President Barack Obama's health care law, the less they like it. A majority of Americans want out.
Why am I running for president? Well, my wife, Cindy, says it is because I sustainedseveral severe blows to the head in prison camp.
I used to write books and plays in my mind, but I doubt that any of them would have been above the level of the cheapest dime novel.
We cannot have a separate group of people that are military and a separate civilian society. Otherwise, it's dangerous to democracy.
I've got a new rule. It'll be rule No. 312. If it's three days before a campaign, don't believe anything new you hear about anybody.
To tackle the big and relevant issues of the day with bold and innovative ideas is without question the most rewarding way to serve.
Public disclosure of campaign contributions and spending should be expedited so voters can judge for themselves what is appropriate.
We [Democrats] are looking for things that we think would make a difference, improve the country, and enjoy some bipartisan support.
Ohio chose the president in 2000 and 2004. The independent voters, the so-called swing voters, are the ones who make the difference.
The average family earning minimum wage spends 141 percent of their income struggling to meet basic needs - food, shelter, clothing.