Based on your press releases this week, you would think the most important homeland security problem facing the nation is a handful of Central Americans moving through Mexico, that does not make it so. ... Better to distract the American people from the very real issues facing the department and perhaps from the President's own problems too.

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Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.

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I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.

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Disaster preparedness, whether it's in anticipation of potential weather-related incidents or terrorist incidents requires a skill set that in my mind someone has to be trained for,.

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Medicare provided guaranteed equal coverage, something that the private sector could not

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Rather than squander the surplus on tax breaks for the rich, we should add a prescription drug benefit to the Medicare program, shore up Social Security, fortify our defense, provide a quality public education and offer economic assistance to rural areas.

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Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge of reforming our accounting industry and holding corporate executives responsible for their actions.

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Sending our young men and women into battle is perhaps the most serious course of action a Nation can undertake.

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Medicare debates in Congress should result in better Medicare benefits for all our nation's seniors. We're not asking for special treatment for rural America, just a fair deal.

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If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told.

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Unfortunately, WorldCom is not the only company caught up in this kind of accounting scandal. The impact this will have on the general public is yet to be seen.

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While I agree that homegrown terrorism and the jihadist threat deserve continuing attention, a single-minded approach ignores all other threats.

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This will only add to the chaos for a Department where there are chronically too many leadership vacancies and positions held by unconfirmed, 'acting' officials.

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There's real interest on the part of members of Congress to know who's in charge, what are the operating procedures for the process to move forward -- and the answers were not as clear as they needed to be.

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Such vile and threatening behavior from agents of United States Government is entirely unacceptable, should be grounds for immediate dismissal from service, and is the subject of an investigation by CBP's Office of Professional Responsibility.

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This Facebook group is beyond sexist and racist -- This Facebook group is truly abhorrent and shameful, and there is no excuse for this depraved behavior, the agents found to be responsible for these vile comments should no longer have the privilege of representing the United States of America in uniform.

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( F) ew Americans know much about what exactly the federal government is doing to prevent domestic terrorism, there's an urgent need for robust, centralized, and transparent federal data to inform counterterrorism policymaking -- and Americans deserve to know exactly how their government is allocating resources to understanding the confronting the scourge of domestic terrorism.

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This should have happened long ago, for too long, Facebook has allowed hate speech – and the violence that it can inspire – to propagate on its platform. Since billions use its service, we must demand more from them.

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There's a willingness to work with her on our part, but we won't hesitate if she chooses not to come to issue a subpoena.

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I would not rule out a wall in certain instances.

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