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" I would like to live long enough to see the day when people talk about which guns are the safest. "
Elizabeth Esty
Enough
People
Long
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" We are a great enough country to respect the Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners and protect our children. And those things don't need to be in conflict. "
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" Veterans Day is an acknowledgment that those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country - and their families - deserve our admiration and respect today and every day. "
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" When I was elected to Congress, this was the No. 1 issue businesses brought up. They said that if we want this country to succeed, we need immigration reform. "
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" I'm baffled that Mark Greenberg would send an offensive email politicizing the beheading of an American journalist. "
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" Workers' rights are under attack across the country. "
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" We've been having a lot of hearings lately about the reliability of the grid and the need for more distributive generation. We can be a leader of that here in Connecticut. "
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" Today, I heard directly from Connecticut workers about the importance of strong, predictable federal research funding and how the federal government can be a better partner in spurring innovation and helping life-saving medication reach families who need it most. "
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" We have to look at loan forgiveness to incentivise young people to pursue degrees in areas where we know we need help. "
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" In my lifetime, I have seen how greater liberty, greater justice, and greater respect ultimately does prevail, but it prevails only when people are willing to fight for it and willing to lose for it. "
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" If elected members of any body - whether it's a state house or Congress - were not willing to take career-ending or at least election-losing votes, I would not have the right to vote today. "
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" We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research. "
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" We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights. "
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" Brownfields cleanups have been treated like capital investments in the tax laws, and they really are repairs and should be taxed as such. "
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" We need to close the tax loopholes that have awarded companies moving out of the country and overseas; we need a government that will keep our country safe from terrorists at home and abroad... and a government that is responsive to the needs of the people. "
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" We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other. "
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" Although we can never fully repay our veterans, on Veterans Day we thank our veterans for their selflessness and commit to do what we can to improve the quality of life for our veterans and military families in communities across America. "
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" It would be really easy to get discouraged over gun safety, and I have to explain all the time why I am not giving up and why people should not give up. "
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" Those who know me would say I'm a passionate and hard-working mom and a community leader who knows how to get things done. "
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" There's no reason to continue including language in the federal spending bill to prohibit the CDC and NIH from studying the causes or effects of gun violence on public health. "
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" We should not be waiting until trains derail, bridges collapse and people die to adequately fund our transportation infrastructure. "
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" We may not have the cheapest labor costs, but where we can compete is innovation. Historically, that's been Connecticut's strength, and it can be again. "
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" Connecticut has a proud tradition of manufacturing going back to the days of Eli Whitney. "
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" Since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School three years ago, we have lost over 90,000 Americans to gun violence. This is a manmade crisis that needs to be treated as the public health epidemic it has become. "
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