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" I want to make sure we have elected people constantly looking at helping the African-American community. "
Mark Kirk
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" We need to focus on issues where we all agree, which is spending discipline and control and making sure that government, both in Springfield and in Washington, doesn't take more from your family budget. "
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" Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. "
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" When you look at the state of the economy right now, you have to set a priority. And my top priority is the deficit of jobs and economic growth, and especially this perception that the United States could be falling behind especially Asian economies. "
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" I'm still a reservist. We have three drilling reservists in the Senate. Senator Graham serves in the Air Force, Senator Brown serves in the Army, and I serve in the Navy. "
Mark Kirk
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" It's the only way that Democrats can win in Illinois, is to say, 'Oh, Kirk has health problems, he's going to retire.' For Democrats looking at a minority life and seeing that they cannot win in Illinois is so frustrating that they will just assume away any issue. They'll just say to willing reporters, 'I think Kirk is going to retire.' "
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" I've always backed energy independence policies, but I've heard from people on this issue like no other. The energy interests of Illinois are far broader and deeper than my North Shore district. "
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" We should all be neo-abolitionists here to make sure that there is no right in America to enslave others using the Internet. "
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" With all this rehab, for me just to walk was a huge effort. I had to re-learn how to walk again after the stroke. And all the rehab and all the effort shows the mental determination times 10 to keep serving. "
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Me
" It's okay to take the food out of the mouths of the citizens from a government that's plotting an attack directly on American soil. "
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" The biggest challenge I have with Washingtonians is they think Illinois is exclusively a Democratic state. "
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" Secretary Rumsfeld used to represent parts of our district in the 1960s. I think that he and his team have done a masterful job in defeating Iraqi forces quickly and decisively. "
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" The tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get 'yes' or 'no' votes. Your whole job is to either say 'yes' or 'no' and explain why. "
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" There was a lot of feeling that with an African-American president, life on the South Side of Chicago would be radically different. "
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" I would say the difference between 'old Mark' and post-stroke Mark ... is that pre-stroke Mark was a major micromanager. I just don't have the time or inclination to micromanage as much as I used to. "
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" The decision to go to war is the most important decision that I can make as a representative in Congress. As a veteran, I see any potential military action first through the eyes of the young men and women who volunteered to wear the uniform and would carry out such a mission. "
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War
" Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline. "
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" I've got a chart here that shows our debt-to-GDP ratio. And while we did run deficits in the past, we now number our debt in trillions rather than in billions. And I think that represents a long-term danger, especially to the, the American dream. "
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" The key lesson of the 1930s is that appeasement leads directly to war. "
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" For Tammy Duckworth to blame the junior senator from Illinois for Islamic terror shows that she is a naive fool not fit for office in the Senate. "
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" Donald Trump is kind of a riverboat gamble. He won the Illinois primary; in this case, we have seen the Republican vote up and the Democratic vote down, so it looks like it's a net benefit. "
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" I'm pretty disappointed in Sony Pictures' decision to pull 'The Interview' under pressure from North Korea. "
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" The Spending Control Act. It would recreate President Reagan's grace commission to have a bipartisan commission on how we reduce spending. "
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" And taking more money out of the private economy and having the government perform as it has poorly done with the stimulus I don't think is the right way to go. "
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" For those of us who want to accomplish something for the country, we need to come up with a list ... of anti-spending reforms which are locked into place so we are dramatically lowering the appetite of the federal government over the future. "
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