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we're focusing too much energy on the symptom rather than the disease: Our real enemy is poverty, not welfare.
We believe in a government that trusts people and doesn't limit where you finish because of where you started.
When one joins the military, he or she is promised health care for life. So we need to make sure that happens.
This program that the Republican majority has taken us toward as a country is leading us to fiscal bankruptcy.
Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.
We know we must win the war on terror to protect innocent people and the freedoms that define our way of life.
V-J Day, or Victory in Japan Day, marks the date of the Japanese surrender that ended fighting in the Pacific.
Almost half of all Latinas currently on Social Security rely exclusively on their benefit check in retirement.
Social Security has been effective for 70 years; prior predictions of its demise have been totally overstated.
Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.
I did not come to Washington to raise the electricity rates by as much as $40 per month as this plan would do.
The closer Iraq approaches freedom and democracy, the more impediments and barriers the terrorists will erect.
Every schoolteacher will tell you that there is no substitute for engaged parents in the education of a child.
Engaging in diplomacy with Iran and putting an end to their nuclear weapons program was the right thing to do.
Preventing gender-based violence is critical to establishing safe, productive, and healthy workplaces for all.
Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs
The bottom line is that five million low-income Americans working full time for minimum wage, deserve a raise.
Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses.
The Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.
U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products.
I've had a tough time learning how to act like a Congressman. Today I accidentally spent some of my own money.
I'm a transactional lawyer; I negotiate all types of things, but with a particular focus in software licenses.
No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.
I receive contributions from a variety of people who are interested in what the Armed Services Committee does.
We have a responsibility as elected officials to do good public policy in the best interest of all the people.
I'm very disturbed about the uptick in shootings and violence at our military installations across the nation.
Republicans are listening to America's job creators and working to address their concerns with real solutions.
I admire Governor Blagojevich's unbending commitment to giving every person in Illinois access to health care.
I said three things when I woke up in Walter Reed. 'I love you.' 'Put me to work,' and 'You stink! Go shower!'
For a variety of reasons, we are not producing at a given level of economic activity the jobs we used to have.
From day one, my focus as a new-breed appropriator was to look for areas where we could save taxpayer dollars.
A financial panic is a very bad thing, but a government panic can do far greater damage in a far shorter time.
No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made it.
One poll shows that by 61 percent to 29 percent Americans under 40 say that Social Security needs to be fixed.
I think, I want to see a Republican Party that has more folks that, that look and sound and operate like I do.
I support the Affordable Care Act and believe we should take steps to further expand coverage and reduce costs.
People who recognize that money won't buy happiness are still willing to see if credit cards will do the trick.
We need to find innovative ways to dramatically ease congestion, improve personal mobility, and cut energy use.
Every citizen's vote should count in America, not just the votes of partisan insiders in the Electoral College.
What happened with Keystone is it actually poisoned the well for other pipelines that are not as controversial.
I think we've been the selection just because I think I've earned it by doing a lot of things for the district.
Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.
What they have done, ISIS is very well outspoken about how much they hate our freedom, who we are as Americans.
I think I've earned a reputation of being fair and that I'll hear all sides from the entire political spectrum.
I went to Brigham Young University on a football scholarship. I wasn't a football player; I was a place kicker.
Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.
I never praised Mr. Snowden or said his actions rise to those of Mohandas Gandhi or other civil rights leaders.
We've got to make sure our veteran, Democratic veterans are strengthened and feel like they are fully included.
I don't buy that there's nothing we can do to stop criminals and the mentally ill from killing if they want to.
As your congressman, I hold the Holy Bible as being the major directions to me of how I vote in Washington D.C.