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" I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom. "

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" Republicans support opening the floodgates to special interest money and suppressing the right to vote. It's just plain wrong. "

" I don't care how popular I am. I'm not putting myself out there to run for higher office. "

" Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise. "

" Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process. "

" I don't spend a lot of time thinking about the ratings of Congress. I really don't. "

" I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face. "

" Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. "

" I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally. "

" What we're discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people. "

" I had a friend who was getting married. I said, 'You're getting married - I didn't know about all this!' She said, 'I need health benefits.' "

" The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan. "

" If you don't vote, you don't count. "

" As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country. "

" What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.' "

" I would say that one of the things that encouraged me so much when I became elected to the leadership was the letters I received from fathers of daughters, saying that, 'My daughter can now do many more things because of what you did.' "

" My brother is the former mayor of Baltimore. "

" Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either. "

" As you may know, I was raised in an Italian Catholic family in Baltimore, Maryland. "

" I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the American people to what will be signed by George W. Bush because that is too limiting a factor. "

" Raising the minimum wage is the right thing to do, but it's a popular thing to do as well. "

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" The American dream is about freedom. "

" I do believe that during the Bush-Cheney administration, that Vice President Cheney set a tone and an attitude for the CIA. "

" The House of Representatives has never sued a sitting president in all of U.S. history. "

" The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history. "

" But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. "

" When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an economy. We're not subsidizing people. They are doing a hard day's work. When we're not rewarding work actively, there's something wrong with the system. "

" I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.' "

" I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them. "

" I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6. "

" Jobs are central to the American dream - and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one. "