It is unacceptable for anyone -- including the President -- to try to bully or intimidate our witnesses, to try to get them not to testify, to try to scare or threaten their family members, or to try to interfere with Congress' search for the truth, house Oversight Committee has a long and bipartisan history of protecting the ability of witnesses to provide their information to us without even the appearance of intimidation or retaliation.

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More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

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The question is always whether all of Baltimore will rise together or whether we will leave some behind.

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Every time something bad happens to me, I don't ask the question, 'Why did it happen to me?' The question I ask is, 'Why did it happen for me?'

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I try to remind people that there are a lot of good people, all colors. Then there's some bad ones, too. But there's a lot of good people who really care.

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Voting is crucial, and I don't give a damn how you look at it: there are efforts to stop people from voting. That's not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.

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When I became a lawyer, no one asked me if I had spent some time in special ed. All they wanted was a good lawyer.

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The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.

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Our country is slowly but surely moving - and I've seen it over and over again in many instances in government - toward a culture of mediocrity.

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I have a moral conscience that is real central.

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I think it's important for industry to do well. But I want them to do well and do good at the same time.

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You have to understand - I come from a neighborhood where 'The Wire' was filmed.

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