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" I am not one of those who thinks that Congress needs to be in session 24 hours a day interfering in peoples' lives. "
Lois Frankel
24 Hours
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" My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work. "
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" Veterans are one area where Republicans and Democrats have made progress together. "
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" Issues become much more real to me when I have stories back home. "
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" I served 14 years in the state legislature and served in both the minority and majority. "
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" Our military personnel sacrifice for us, and we need to stand up for them. "
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" I definitely think there should be stronger gun safety laws, including prohibiting the sale of assault weapons, probably banning the sale of certain magazines that allow you to fire a large amount of bullets. "
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" I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism. "
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" 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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" We have required under law for years that men and women get paid equal money for equal work. But we've faced challenges enforcing that law. There is still a large wage gap, and there are numerous instances of women holding jobs where they are not compensated fairly. "
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" There should be no room in our society for any type of religious bigotry. "
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" Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases. "
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" 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. "
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" My son was born right here in Florida; he went to public schools and went to the University of Florida and surprised me - I'll tell you that - when he went into the service. "
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Right
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" 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? "
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Why
Autism
" Sometimes less is better with government. "
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Government
" 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. "
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Men
" There should be no doubt why Israel, our best friend and greatest ally in the Middle East, has determined that Iran poses an existential threat. "
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" The right to religious freedom and the right to vote are both fundamental to our democracy. "
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" One of the best things we can do for our country, for advancing our children, is to upgrade our child care system. "
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Care
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" I do not want to send anybody else's child to war. "
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War
Child
" I don't particularly care to know the names of the people in the Freedom Caucus. "
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Know
Care
" Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done. "
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Look
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" We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle. "
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" There's always been incivility in politics. "
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Been
Always
" Yachts are job creators. "
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" All polling places should be safe, without discrimination against any religion. "
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Places
Safe
Discrimination
" It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships. "
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" I think the Port of Palm Beach has an opportunity to thrive, if they can figure out how to do it with community support. "
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" When I was a young kid, girls were taught that their role in life was to get married and have children. It was the 1950s. Those were the rules. "
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