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I think natural gas has been a big part of the solution if in fact we need to reduce man-generated carbon dioxide emissions.
The Constitution gives the Congress absolute authority within the District of Columbia on any legislative issues whatsoever.
A feasible North Korea strategy must consider how to reassure China that our objectives on the peninsula are not aggressive.
Americans in general have a lot of compassion, we just don't always have the same view of how that compassion is implemented.
I'm not opposed to the idea of helping regions that are struggling to get a reasonable fraction of federal research spending.
While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.
Because it's important. Laws can be reversed, Supreme Court decisions can be overturned, gender classifications can continue.
I get along very well with Paul Ryan personally. We have very deep differences on policy issues. But we express them civilly.
There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that.
I'd like to vote for a bill. But I'm not going to vote for one unless I think it's going to be good for the area I represent.
After 20 years in Congress, I still believe that smaller government and lower taxes are the most effective economic policies.
I believe that conservative solutions can help families of every race, every economic background, and every town in Oklahoma.
The JCPOA is working - preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. It's time for the Republicans to start working, too.
When girls can get an education and women can work and run businesses or even serve as elected officials, the world benefits.
Nearly 30 million people ride Amtrak each year, and they should board the trains knowing that safety is a paramount priority.
To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. made me very, very sad, and I mourned and I cried like many of our citizens did.
On most holidays, you'll find me in Mexico. Actually, on most holidays you won't find me. I'm at a beach, and it's wonderful.
You should never take military intervention off the table. When you do so, you give an out to a rogue nation or rogue actors.
There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9/11 happened.
So where are they moving today? They're going to move to be meaner to immigrants in order to bring their conference together.
The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.
I don't think Mr. Snowden woke up one day and had the wherewithal to do this all by himself. I think he was helped by others.
Everybody thinks you can get by by being Mr. Nice Guy, but that's not what winning programs do. Winning programs have a plan.
Elections should highlight principled disagreements, but they must not obscure our capacity to cooperate for the common good.
These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.
Enough is enough. Enough of the waste. Enough of the spending. Enough of the debt. Enough of the arrogance in Washington, D.C.
Frankly, whatever assistance people get from FEMA will not have a lot of extras built into it, so they will need every dollar.
I would encourage the people out in Chicago and all of us to continue to press for, that type of prosecutorial accountability.
I think a loaded weapon aboard an airplane, whether its in the cargo section or in your overhead baggage, is a security issue.
The president-elect [Donald Trump] has a duty and obligation to abide by the law. And he's except from most all of these laws.
Ultimately, Congressional medicine is like veterinary medicine: It must be strong enough to work, and tasty enough to swallow.
The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
Globalization doesn't have to be a bad thing as long as government provides us all with the tools to cope in a changing world.
Now [in 2016] I have the highest turnout in the state of Minnesota. And Minnesota is the highest turnout state in the country.
An aggressor will always push forward and do more until he meets resistance. We've seen that time and time again over history.
We know who you are [ Donald Trump] and what you said you will do. And we don't want the public policy that you are proposing.
Some people see me as a rabble-rouser. Some people see me as someone who does not care about what other people think about me.
GMOs play a central role in meeting the challenge of providing affordable and nutritious food to consumers all over the world.
I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust.
Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.
Small business owners are fighting every day to create and innovate, but continue to face government barriers to job creation.
I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
If you want to persuade people, you've got to talk with your heart. You've got to talk about why your policies matter to them.
As an already high-demand, low-density military asset, we cannot afford to lose the JSTARS's BMC2/ISR unparalleled capability.
I'm confident that Senate Republicans will put up a very strong and valiant effort to continue doing what we're united around.
Most of us at least briefly considered answering, 'An astronaut,' when asked as children what we wanted to be when we grew up.
The rise of ISIS has exposed the darkest side of humanity - at times manifesting their violent ideology at our very doorsteps.
But even race-neutral policies and recruitment efforts designed to achieve greater diversity are, in the end, not race neutral.
The myopic obsession of the Tea Party with destroying health care reform and wounding the president has led Republicans astray.