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" I learned that Chicago lunches are terrible. If I was a Chicago student, I would ask my mom to pack a lunch. "

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" We can't allow ourselves to descend down the rabbit hole of unbridled partisanship for partisan sake. "

" Being on the Intelligence Committee made me more of a hawk. "

" The U.S. Constitution guarantees women across this country, including my daughters, the right to choose for themselves when and how to start their families. Yet, more than forty years after Roe v. Wade, women's reproductive rights remain in jeopardy. "

" If I wanted to win all my fights, I would be a Yankee fan. I'm a Cub fan. "

" The people of Chicago have made it very clear that they favor sensible restrictions on gun ownership. "

" Scaling back the U.S. fleet of 14 nuclear-armed submarines to eight would maintain a robust deterrent at sea while generating billions in savings and easing pressure on the Navy's shipbuilding budget. "

" I get lobbied by governments, schools, nurses, charities. It's not all a bad thing. "

" With more than half of the American workforce without private pension coverage, Social Security provides economic certainty within a system that is fair, equitable, and easy to understand. You work hard, pay into the system, and the federal government makes a promise to pay back your earned benefits when you retire. It's that simple. "

" In Chicago in 2000, the Cure Violence health approach saw a 67 percent decline in shootings and killings, which soon replicated to 70 communities nationwide with multiple independent evaluations from world-renowned institutions, such as the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "

" This is a global economy. If you're not at the bargaining table, if you don't get an agreement, someone else does. "

" Despite its challenges, globalization has led to one of the most peaceful and productive times in world history. "

" I think it can be very safe to go to O'Hare and Wrigley and Sox park and Soldier Field, but you have to deal with some reality. Just because a threat is not specific and verifiable doesn't mean nearly what it used to mean, in terms of you being able to sleep well at night. "

" Economic inequality is not about food stamps and homeless shelters. It is about being a devotee of social justice and equality. "

" Since 1975, violence has been recognized as a public health problem, in large part to former Surgeon Generals Dr. Koop and Dr. Satcher's pioneering efforts to make the health approach a national priority. Since then, we've seen that violence can be curbed - and stopped - if we treat it as we would any other epidemic health concern. "

" For decades, allies have counted on the U.S. to step up to the plate to work with them to protect the shared values we hold dear. As we face numerous international challenges, both old and new, we need to put more faith and investment in our international and diplomatic institutions, not weaken them. "

" I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him. "

" A Supreme Court ruling is supposed to provide clarity to contentious legal issues, but in the case of reproductive rights, it was just the beginning of a long, heated, and grueling debate. "

" Americans donate blood every day - on high school and college campuses during blood drives, in workplaces after a coworker falls ill, and in hospitals as loved ones prepare for surgery. "

" I've seen it with my own eyes: When government takes money from the poor and the middle class, everyone suffers. "

" Too often, advances in civil rights or women's rights are undermined by wrong-headed legislation or weak-kneed political leadership. "

" From high school, you can see my Sierra Club card - I've been a member since 1979. That gives you an indication of early interest. "

" By working together to keep health at the center of our focus, as well as the national conversation, we can create the safe communities we all want and deserve. "

Working Together

" We defeated communism in part by showing the world that a commitment to democracy and expanding economic opportunity makes people's lives better and nations more secure, meaning our commitments overseas also makes us stronger and safer here at home. "

" I spent 10 years fighting for reform in Cook County, and I didn't change my DNA when I got to Washington. "

" Without the U.S. leading the way in trade negotiations, we likely will see irreversible damage to our environment and widespread abuse of labor and human rights, all while we lose out on the opportunity to expand our economy and create jobs. "

" While the FAST Act is a significant bipartisan accomplishment that provides much-needed funding certainty, this modest increase in funding is hardly the bold, forward-thinking plan our country needs to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and create a 21st-century transportation system. "

" Everyone without extraordinary research skills ought to be able to know what is happening inside the government, how it operates, where their tax dollars are going. Then they can make better decisions in the electoral process. "

" Congress must take some thoughtful and targeted steps towards long-term solvency in the Social Security program. One such step is to eliminate the cap on income that is taxed for Social Security. "

" Technology has aided in serious advancements so that HIV detection tests now have near-perfect results. And those tests can detect HIV in the blood an average of nine to 11 days post-infection. "

" I come from a state where four governors have gone to jail since I've been alive. Two of my last four predecessors in this seat went to jail or are going to jail. "