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You know, we should not be giving cash to people who basically are just going to blow it on drugsand not take care of their own children.
About the only gun law we have in Vermont is during deer season. If you have a semi-automatic, you can't have more than six rounds in it.
The Bush administration did stop filling the reserve in 2002 when it helped the oil industry. Now they should do it to help the consumer.
Educating our children and giving them the skills they need to compete in a global economy is a smart investment in our country's future.
Hurricane Katrina reiterated the need for [access to] medical records, ... ... But there's going to be a lot more needed than $4 million.
The national security issues are a really good window into the character of the person that somebody wants to have as commander in chief.
I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit.
When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.
In my early campaigns, people would sometimes come up to me at a grocery store or at a shopping mall and say, 'I know you from somewhere.'
As a nation, there are many issues we don`t talk about, we just don`t talk about, push them under the rug. Poverty is one of those issues.
Ted Kennedy will go down in history as one of the giants of the U.S. Senate and one the most accomplished legislators in American history.
Together, together, my friends, we have begun a political revolution to transform America, and that revolution, our revolution, continues!
If your focus in life is on being productive, when things are not happening... one has to ask oneself, 'Is this worth a grown man's time?'
Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of birth control.
Town meetings are not bean bag. I've had hundreds of them, and sometimes folks get upset. And that's part of America, part of our process.
The Senate cannot confirm an individual... who would support a scheme that violates our Constitution, eviscerates congressional authority.
I know how critical it is to make sure that people with pre-existing conditions have affordable insurance, and states are able to do that.
I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I still need to be educated.
What evidence do we have that states are incapable of further exercising an authority they have exercised successfully for over 200 years?
You raise taxes during an economic crisis time, as we did in - back in the time of Herbert Hoover, you send the country into a depression.
Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.
The next president of the United States needs to figure one thing out quickly - how to be commander in chief. And I think I could do that.
We don't have a lot of Reagan-type leaders in our party. Remember Ronald Reagan Democrats? I want a Republican that can attract Democrats.
Government doesn't have to be the enemy, but too much government has produced a new kind of inequality in America: opportunity inequality.
No one is in favor of a bill that would force American citizens to have to interact with law enforcement in a way that wasn't appropriate.
The Spending Control Act. It would recreate President Reagan's grace commission to have a bipartisan commission on how we reduce spending.
The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why.
From politics and business to music and food to culture, African-Americans have helped to shape our state's colourful past and its future.
We need to say to everyone on Election Day, 'Those of you who helped make this a good day, you need to go out and help us finish the job.'
So, I'm not impressed by BP's promises and I'm not ready to take the word of a company with a track record of pursuing profit over safety.
I see success as bringing some confidence back to the American people that despite our differences, we can find some ways to move forward.
The more we can have peaceful trade both with Russia, with China, and with others, you know, there's a self interest in this for everyone.
If you have 'too big to fail' for cities or for states, and they believe they'll be bailed out, they'll continue to make unwise decisions.
I get that the media wants us to play theater critics and critique every other proposal. What I`m focusing on are my own policy proposals.
Donald [Trump] is a charming person. He can be fun. He can make you laugh. But he can turn on you. And get nasty and personal and vicious.
The great thing about America is you can live according to your faith. If you're faith says don't use birth control then you don't use it.
I do believe, in the long term, we will either get back to the principles that built America or we lose this country. And I'm an optimist.
Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.
We know that the Russian's interfered in our election and they did it to benefit President Trump. The intelligence agencies confirmed that.
If you use a cell phone - as I do - your wireless carrier likely has records about your physical movements going back months, if not years.
We should look for ways to expedite generic drug approvals, particularly for products that have a long history of being safe and effective.
The combined efforts of millions of concerned citizens could do wonders to help the impoverished. The American people are ready for action!
I think George Mitchell was good for Maryland in the sense that he helped me get elected. It doesn't get any better than that from here on.
We must be careful that the people who make $5,000 a year are not pitted against those that make $25,000 a year by those who make $900,000.
Countering violent extremism and destroying ISIS must be done primarily by Muslim nations with the strong support of their global partners.
We have Donald Trump standing up as one of the greatest fear-mongers in this nation's history. He's trying to make us afraid of each other.
There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people. The president's going to have to get a touch of reality.
I hear from everybody, and they say Joe, nowhere but in Washington do they think not working together makes sense. Were not hired to fight.
As part of Social Security reform, I believe that private savings accounts are a part of it - along the lines that President Bush proposed.
While Secretary Rumsfeld and I have had our differences, he deserves Americans' respect and gratitude for his many years of public service.