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" I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty. "

Lois Frankel

City

Every Day

People

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" It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships. "

" Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them. "

" I think the Port of Palm Beach has an opportunity to thrive, if they can figure out how to do it with community support. "

" I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services? "

" One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system. "

" 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. "

" I don't particularly care to know the names of the people in the Freedom Caucus. "

" It just comes out of my subconscious. If you asked me to draw you a doodle, I couldn't do it. "

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Just

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" The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy. "

" ISIL is dangerous. They're a threat. They're a brutal, horrible force that needs to be dealt with. "

" I'm from Florida, which I consider more southern. You cannot put Florida in the same category as California or New York. "

Lois Frankel

You

California

" 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. "

" Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together. "

" We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative. "

" I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias. "

" 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. "

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Think

Time

" 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. "

" Issues become much more real to me when I have stories back home. "

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Become

Home

" The reason Jeb Bush is not doing well is because of his name. He is part of a long establishment Republican family, and this is not going well with the Republican Party. "

" Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases. "