I believe we can do it because we are plowing familiar ground here, our goal is a small step, and so many Americans will be hurt if we fail, if we do not do this — it will not be possible for Republicans to make political hay blaming Democrats, or Democrats to make hay blaming Republicans. The blame will be on every one of us, and deservedly so.

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September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.

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The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it

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If we trust parents to choose child care for their children, and we trust them to help their children choose a college to attend – and both those systems have been so successful – why do we not also trust them to choose the best elementary or high school for their children?

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It is a rare American who does not have some story about how music has made our lives richer and more interesting, how it has changed our moods, brought out the best in our character and even sometimes helped us earn a living.

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Americans are sick of the idea of the government taking over everything and trying to run it. We don't know how to run a bank, a car company.

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I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.

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Put too many one-size-fits-all jackets on Americans and the place explodes.

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It is ironic that Samuel Berger learned of this espionage in exactly the same month that Al Gore was attending his now famous fund-raiser with Buddhist nuns in Southern California.

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There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters are of that.

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I need to know the price of a gallon of milk and a dozen eggs. I need to know right now.

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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money

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Americans wouldn't do that [cashing out the same day]. Then they would be in the great old thing we used to call the marketplace. You know, we have hundreds of millions of stock shares floating every day. People buy them and sell them and trade them.

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Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.

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The idea of windmills conjures up pleasant images - of Holland and tulips, of rural America with windmill blades slowly turning, pumping water at the farm well ... But the windmills we are talking about today are not your grandmother's windmills. Each one is typically 100 yards tall, two stories taller than the Stature of Liberty, taller than a football field is long.

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Senate Intelligence is determining the facts in the Ukraine whistleblower matter, and I want to know the facts before I comment.

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Intelligence Committee is determining the facts in the Ukraine whistleblower matter, and I want to know the facts before I comment.

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It is important for the Department of Labor to create an environment to help employers and employees succeed in todays rapidly changing workplace.

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I support the President on Border Security, but his declaration to take an additional $ 3.6 billion that Congress has appropriated for military hospitals, barracks and schools is inconsistent with the Lamar Alexander of Tennessee Constitution that I swore an oath to support and defend.

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They are making it harder to build cars in Tennessee, you can't build more cars and have more jobs in the United States if you have the highest priced steel.

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The bill will cut in half the nearly $ 12 billion deferred maintenance backlog in our parks, and Secretary Zinke has visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park twice to discuss the importance of the bill, i'm grateful for Secretary Zinke service and appreciative of the work Secretary Zinke has done to help rebuild and restore our parks for generations to come.

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