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" As New York's United States Senator, I promise to reinstate the Moynihan 'Fisc Report' and work every day to address the imbalance of payments, first by focusing on reducing the amount of taxes we send to Washington, and second, by ensuring that funding formulas don't disadvantage New York. "

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" What I do know is that liberal Democrat policies in our big cities are not helping anybody, especially our big cities. "

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" If Roe v. Wade were overturned tomorrow, nobody would even notice, because the states are legislating their own laws about abortion, completely independent. "

" There are no George Baileys anymore. "

Wendy Long

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" I'm here to speak for those who say the American Dream isn't working for them, because I know it isn't. I'm here to say it's not your fault: the ruling class... has failed you. "

" I believe in the idea of sacrifice and fighting for what's right and giving something back to the country that's given me so much. "

" I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family. "

" The whole idea behind the EB-5 visa was to help create jobs in economically disadvantaged areas. But where big bucks are involved, corruption soon follows, and with Chuck Schumer and the EB-5 visa program, you need to follow the money. "

" Kirsten Gillibrand and I are very similar in our biographies. We're both mothers, we're both lawyers. But we couldn't be more different in our beliefs, in our principles, in our politics. "

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" I would end the EB-5 program altogether, if we cannot establish that it can be used only to bring development to impoverished places where it otherwise truly would not occur under normal American market forces. "

" Judges should follow the law in deciding cases - not their own values, good or bad. "

" There is regressivity built into the tax code by virtue of its complexity. "

" Our government is corrupt. "

" We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A judicial nominee is a person. You can't take the arm or leg of a nominee. "

" Obama and Biden want a bench crammed full of liberal judicial activists, and it's up to the American people to tell them 'no.' "

" Senator Gillibrand is good at saying things that sound nice but have little substance. I don't think we elect our public officials to avoid taking a stand or a difficult position on anything. "

" Conservatives who care about nominations of judges who practice judicial restraint are, constitutionally, restrained people themselves. "

" Looking at the history of our country, we have been and we are pro-immigrant, but we aren't going to be much of a country if we don't take care of our own people first and if we don't observe the rule of law. "

" The immigration laws of the United States should not be used to buy and sell political favors. "

" Mainstream America, in the long run, will always stand for highly qualified, impartial judges and for a fair process and for senators who do their jobs and vote - not who unfairly smear good men like Judge Alito. "

" Having been on the front lines of the confirmation battles involving Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, I know firsthand what is at stake when the Senate exercises its 'advise and consent' power over federal judges. "

" Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written. "

" I've enjoyed the benefits of this country, which has been very good to me. "

" How great would it be to have a native son lead us out of turmoil and trouble to peace and justice? Someone who follows the rule of law and not the rule of mob... This is the path Donald Trump has set for our great nation, and it's the same path I'm on. "

" I'm on the Trump team. "

Wendy Long

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" If you have empathy for both sides, then that's the same as having no empathy at all. "

" I'm kind of a small-town girl. "

" The thing is that Chuck Schumer, for all his power and influence, is a pretty pathetic figure. You go around New York State, and people make jokes about him and talk about how he shows up at the New York State Fair and has a staffer carrying a big sign saying 'Come meet Chuck Schumer.' "

" Paul Ryan has been a responsible legislator and public servant, almost alone among members of Congress in his belief that we need to strengthen and save our social entitlements. "

" Government has crowded out the role of many social institutions, including the Church, that have been a great force for good in public life. "

" Republicans can nominate bad Justices, too. Earl Warren, William Brennan, Harry Blackmun, David Souter... the list goes on. "