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" I am both astonished and honored beyond expression to be chosen as your 2011 Christian Statesman of the Year. "
Trent Franks
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" Once in a while, a person finds his humanity in a way that astounds his contemporaries. "
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Once
" Paul Ryan, along with Daniel Webster, is a totally, deeply revered and respected individual in this Congress. And I love both of them. Both of them would have made good speakers. Both of them would make a good pallbearer for a man like me. They're that dear to me. "
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Congress
Me
Good
" It's a strong country, but Mr. Obama seems to be doing everything he can to hold it back. "
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Doing
Strong
Country
" Class-action lawsuits should allow those with serious injuries to have their own day in court. The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act would do just that. "
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Serious
Fairness
Day
" My own wife is from the Philippines and came here legally to this country, and there are a lot of people that want to be part of this nation, and I want them to be part of this nation. "
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People
Nation
My Own
" I think cutting our defense capacity not only demonstrably diminishes our national security, but it has a tremendous negative impact in the long run on our economy because we end up having to fight wars and clean up after terrorist disasters. "
Trent Franks
Think
End
Fight
" Obviously, there's always a battle over philosophical leanings and persuasions, but the bottom line here is that Americans need to understand that this is an ideology in jihadist terrorism that is dangerous beyond words, and we need the moderate Muslim voices to be heard here if this is to be diminished in Islam itself. "
Trent Franks
Battle
Words
Understand
" The Muslim Brotherhood membership includes designated terrorist organizations like Hamas. "
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Membership
Like
Brotherhood
" If we can employ free market principles, we can help everyone. "
Trent Franks
Everyone
Free
Help
" I think that the important thing to consider here - Hubert Humphrey said that a society is measured by how he treats those in the dawn of life, those in the shadows of life, and those in the twilight of life. And it is true that Terri Schiavo lives among us in the shadows of life, but she is not brain dead. She feels pain. "
Trent Franks
Society
Pain
Life
" The comment that I've made is that if unaccompanied minors can cross the border, then certainly trained terrorists probably can, too. "
Trent Franks
Then
Border
Comment
" I always want to make sure we protect our soldiers' pay if there is a shutdown of any kind. "
Trent Franks
Protect
Kind
Soldiers
" If we have to do enhanced interrogation on terrorists, then I can live with that. "
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Enhanced
I Can
Live
" Pakistan has done some really terrible things, and yet they also have facilitated our military capabilities in ways that are critical to our country. "
Trent Franks
Military
Done
Things
" The president and the administration had a duty to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, but powerful constituencies of the president did not want the president to defend it. And unfortunately, politics trumped duty. "
Trent Franks
Want
Duty
Marriage
" Businesses - we protect our businesses with the guns, our banks, our money. We protect politicians with guns. "
Trent Franks
Guns
Protect
Politicians
" The truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government. "
Trent Franks
Human
Government
Effort
" Barack Obama could solve this problem and get the birthers to back off... by showing his long form birth certificate. "
Trent Franks
Problem
Birth
Get
" The Obama Justice Department has decided to cease the prosecution of the Muslim Brotherhood's U.S.-based front groups, identified as unindicted coconspirators in the Holy Land Foundation case - the largest terrorism finance case in U.S. history. "
Trent Franks
History
Justice
Foundation
" My district is well-acquainted with my commitment to protecting innocent human life. "
Trent Franks
Commitment
Life
Innocent
" As we consider the shared values of the U.S. and India, due attention to the fundamental human right of religious freedom is of the utmost importance. "
Trent Franks
Attention
India
Freedom
" When the Left doesn't want to make abortion the issue, they say you're being against minorities. "
Trent Franks
They Say
Say
Left
" I wholeheartedly believe that Andy Biggs is the right man to take up the legacy that Matt Salmon is leaving behind. I have worked with Andy for a number of years, and I have been impressed by his commitment to the Constitution and the principles of conservatism. "
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Constitution
Commitment
Man
" President Shimon Peres has embodied a commitment to the mutual values shared by the United States and Israel - values that include the preservation of life, faith, family and freedom. "
Trent Franks
Life
Family
Commitment
" I hope I say this the right way, but I'm convinced that Israel will not trust other countries to do what they have to do to protect their own security. "
Trent Franks
Own
Way
Trust
" The reality is for 50 years in this country, federal law has required people that are illegal - or that are immigrants - or that are legal immigrants to this country to carry documentation to that effect. And that has been the law for 50 years. "
Trent Franks
Legal
Law
Immigrants
" What if we move to a path to legalization? How do we reconcile that with justice and fairness with those that come here legally? "
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Justice
Fairness
Here
" Of all government expenditures, defense spending is the... most stimulative to the economy. "
Trent Franks
Government
Most
Economy
" The United States Constitution does not one time even mention marriage. It neither requires Congress or the states to adopt same-sex marriage laws nor does it forbid them from maintaining traditional marriage laws. "
Trent Franks
Congress
Marriage
Time
" A big goal of the liberal Democrats in Congress is to try to do away with any effective cooperation to enforce federal immigration laws. "
Trent Franks
Cooperation
Immigration
Goal