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" Anytime a member of Congress wants to travel abroad - which we do from time to time as part of our official duties - we are required to check with the House Committee on Ethics as to whether the trip follows the ethics rules by which federally elected officials are bound. Not so with Supreme Court justices. "

Mike Quigley

Supreme Court

Time

Ethics

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" As a policy maker, I have to stand up for the rights of all my constituents, regardless of their faith. "

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" The U.S. Constitution guarantees women across this country, including my daughters, the right to choose for themselves when and how to start their families. Yet, more than forty years after Roe v. Wade, women's reproductive rights remain in jeopardy. "

" Racial politics in Chicago has a long history of being intertwined with the mayor's race, but I'd like to think we're past much of that. "

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" A Supreme Court ruling is supposed to provide clarity to contentious legal issues, but in the case of reproductive rights, it was just the beginning of a long, heated, and grueling debate. "

" Congress must take some thoughtful and targeted steps towards long-term solvency in the Social Security program. One such step is to eliminate the cap on income that is taxed for Social Security. "

" I do believe that the majority of elected officials worked very hard and their heart is in the right place. "

" We defeated communism in part by showing the world that a commitment to democracy and expanding economic opportunity makes people's lives better and nations more secure, meaning our commitments overseas also makes us stronger and safer here at home. "

" Without the U.S. leading the way in trade negotiations, we likely will see irreversible damage to our environment and widespread abuse of labor and human rights, all while we lose out on the opportunity to expand our economy and create jobs. "

" Government influences your life every day. If there's a war, they're not drafting guys my age. "

" Violence of all forms is wreaking havoc in communities across the country, disproportionately impacting communities of color and shaving half a million years of life off our collective lifespan. But it doesn't have to be this way. "

" Americans donate blood every day - on high school and college campuses during blood drives, in workplaces after a coworker falls ill, and in hospitals as loved ones prepare for surgery. "

" Being on the Intelligence Committee made me more of a hawk. "

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" We should be growing and make ourselves, as a state and a nation, more competitive. India, China and these other countries are not waiting for us. "

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" I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital. "

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" This is a global economy. If you're not at the bargaining table, if you don't get an agreement, someone else does. "

" Empowering women by allowing them to choose when and how many children to have is not only the right thing to do, it is the smart thing to do. "