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" All polling places should be safe, without discrimination against any religion. "
Lois Frankel
Places
Safe
Discrimination
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" Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them. "
Lois Frankel
Need
Sacrifice
Stand
" Issues become much more real to me when I have stories back home. "
Lois Frankel
Become
Home
Me
" We are held up by the radical Muslims as the enemy. So every time we go into one of these countries to do - we think - the right thing, we become propaganda for this radical movement. "
Lois Frankel
Think
Go
Time
" I have learned how to take votes where I had to hold my nose because I had to compromise - something that you learn to do, especially when you have been in the minority. "
Lois Frankel
I Have Learned
You
Compromise
" We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle. "
Lois Frankel
Work
Think
Puzzle
" I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years. "
Lois Frankel
Lost
Palm
Home
" There should be no room in our society for any type of religious bigotry. "
Lois Frankel
Religious
Society
Room
" Why give Russia or Syria any reason to doubt that Obama would use force? "
Lois Frankel
Why
Doubt
Force
" One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system. "
Lois Frankel
Best
Care
Child
" The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy. "
Lois Frankel
Right
Freedom
Democracy
" Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done. "
Lois Frankel
Done
Look
Mayor
" My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work. "
Lois Frankel
Ground
Focus
Work
" A North Korea that has the capability to use a nuclear weapon that can reach an American city or those of an ally poses a grave challenge as the U.S. seeks to preserve peace and stability in the region. "
Lois Frankel
City
American
Challenge
" I have been in office for many years, and let me tell you, many times I have hated what the press has said about me. "
Lois Frankel
You
Me
Years
" I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias. "
Lois Frankel
Come
Bias
Very
" We are a nation of laws, and we should live by the rule of law. And sometimes we should have a little bit of common sense. "
Lois Frankel
Law
Common Sense
Sometimes
" I've taken legislation that people have been trying to pass for 10 or 15 years, and I got it passed. "
Lois Frankel
People
Got
Legislation
" I don't particularly care to know the names of the people in the Freedom Caucus. "
Lois Frankel
Freedom
Know
Care
" We must engage with China to try and put as much pressure on North Korea as possible. "
Lois Frankel
Try
Possible
Pressure
" My son was born right here in Florida; he went to public schools and went to the University of Florida and surprised me - I'll tell you that - when he went into the service. "
Lois Frankel
Service
Right
Son
" Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do. "
Lois Frankel
Gun
Good
Closing
" Creating on-campus communities for student veterans will help ease the transition from military to student life by providing networking opportunities, assistance with federal benefits, and career services. "
Lois Frankel
Networking
Help
Opportunities
" I think I have a gene in me to always fight for the underdog, which I've done since I was a kid. "
Lois Frankel
Underdog
Fight
Always
" Yachts are job creators. "
Lois Frankel
Yachts
Job Creators
Job
" Veterans have stood up for us. "
Lois Frankel
Up
Us
Veterans
" Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases. "
Lois Frankel
Important
America
Home
" I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority. "
Lois Frankel
Majority
Legislature
Years
" We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly. "
Lois Frankel
Money
Law
Men
" I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism. "
Lois Frankel
Got
College
Status Quo
" It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships. "
Lois Frankel
Interesting
Relationships
Washington