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" California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running. "

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" If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We are on pace this year to have a trade deficit that is larger than $800 billion. We have never faced that before, but we continue to put forward trade agreements like these that leave us naked to competition that is neither free nor fair. "

" Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting. "

" 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.' "

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

" I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely. "

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" 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. "

" As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes. "

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

" Winning the peace is harder than winning the war. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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