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I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me.

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I am deeply skeptical of trade deals in general.But the only way they can get a number of Democrats is by doing a strong real currency bill that goes after the worst of the trading partners, the one that`s stealing our high-end jobs.
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Let me say this, to all of the chattering class that so much focuses on those little tiny, yes, porky amendments - the American people really don't care.
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When Mitt Romney says he wants to reform the tax code, hold on to your wallets.
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Well, I think it's too early to call Fallujah a failure.
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The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.
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I want to attract the best people into teaching.
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Biking through New York's boroughs in 2005, I thought about some old friends, Joe and Eileen Bailey. Though they are imaginary, I frequently talk to them.
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When I started to get involved in the crime issue, people said, it's a local issue. I said, No, there are lots of ways the federal government can help. And the best way the federal government can help, and did in the Crime Bill, is to find programs that work around the country and help them spread.
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I support the death penalty for the kingpin, the guy at the top, but I don't think you should throw a drug offender in jail for five years, and let a mugger out after a year.
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Crime can be a unifying argument - not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
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I made education the highest priority of my campaign - actually education and jobs - and the reason is a simple one: I think the future of America depends on it.
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There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'
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What we are going to do as Democrats is put together a really strong platform that focuses on jobs and economic issues.
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The Democratic Party was always there on crime, but in the past we let the ideologues on the left dominate. The Republicans may still let the ideologues on the right dominate.
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I'd like to see the health care professionals making decisions, not some bureaucrat in Indianapolis working for an insurance company.
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The currency bill we have would finally do something for China`s rapacious policies.
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If you talk privately to our tech companies, our pharmaceutical companies, our high-end manufacturing companies, the high end of America, where the good-paying jobs are, China is not letting them in unless China gets to steal their intellectual property in a company that`s 51 percent owned by the Chinese.
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Candidates With Deeply Held Christian Beliefs Are Unfit and Disqualified From Serving As A Federal Judge.
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Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do.
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This is government's primary function - to keep us safe - and when large percentages in America don't feel safe, they start asking: What am I paying my taxes for? What is government all about?
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