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" According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world. "

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" The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. "

" I don't consider this hard work. I love it, and I think I get to make a difference. I really believe in Secretary Clinton, and I want to feel like I'm part of making a difference; I really do. "

" We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. "

" I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away. "

" When the game is on, I want to be on the field, but I'm willing to catch, walk, run. I just want to be there. I'll even be water boy. "

" We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence. "

" I think I've been a very good student of all aspects of being in Congress. I think I'm always working hard to get an 'A.' "

" If you're saying you should not be allowed in the country, you should be consistent and say that to all immigrants. "

" Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans. "

" As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans. "

" If we finally chose as a country to take responsibility for the wars that we believe we must engage in, and rather than borrow money to exercise that authority to go to war, we actually pay for these wars, that would save us over a trillion dollars, because that's what we have spent in Iraq and Afghanistan - all through borrowed money. "

" But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history. "

" It's good to know people think I'm a nice guy. "

" February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II. "

" I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values. "

" I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership. "

" Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced. "

" According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. "

" Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs. "

" This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country. "

" It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol. "

" My three daughters are all going to go to college, and it's not even a question. When I was applying to college, my parents were hoping that I would just go somewhere. Today, they look at their grandkids, and they know those kids will have a chance to build this country in bigger and better ways than my parents ever had a chance. "

" Could today's construction worker married to a clerical worker guarantee four children a college education and buy a house? That's what we're fighting about. "

" I... now see a rare opportunity to push across the goal line much of the unfinished business of America: investing in our infrastructure and workers, universal healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform and scrubbing a tax code that's out of shape and behind the times. "

" The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry. "

" I will fight like the dickens to protect Social Security. "

" I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader. "

" You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time. "

" Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference. "

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" Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that. "