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" If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act. "

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" The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art. "

" If we finally chose as a country to take responsibility for the wars that we believe we must engage in, and rather than borrow money to exercise that authority to go to war, we actually pay for these wars, that would save us over a trillion dollars, because that's what we have spent in Iraq and Afghanistan - all through borrowed money. "

" February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II. "

" We have a tax code that allows groups to use their political operations within the tax code, under the guise of a charity, to use undisclosed millions of dollars to do political campaigns. "

" The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done. "

" I will fight like the dickens to protect Social Security. "

" It's good to know people think I'm a nice guy. "

" Having passion does not mean you have to descend into bickering and fighting. "

" If you're saying you should not be allowed in the country, you should be consistent and say that to all immigrants. "

" I have been chastised by a president, I have antagonized and angered presidents, and I have taken on my own leadership. "

" When the game is on, I want to be on the field, but I'm willing to catch, walk, run. I just want to be there. I'll even be water boy. "

" You don't win the game if you try to hit home runs all the time. "

" Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that. "

" Winning the peace is harder than winning the war. "

" The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. "

" But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nation's history. "

" We need to make investment to get the economy going again, to give the private sector the confidence. "

" According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months. "

" Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs. "

" African Americans make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population but comprise 32 percent of patients treated for kidney failure, giving them a kidney failure rate that is 4.2 times greater than that of white Americans. "

" I... now see a rare opportunity to push across the goal line much of the unfinished business of America: investing in our infrastructure and workers, universal healthcare, comprehensive immigration reform and scrubbing a tax code that's out of shape and behind the times. "

" According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12. "

" The worst thing would be for a Canada to develop a Hollywood. This is an industry we are going to have to fight to defend. We have to compete now so productions stay here. We don't want entertainment to be like the steel industry. "

" I think I've been a very good student of all aspects of being in Congress. I think I'm always working hard to get an 'A.' "

" As a regent, I hope to bring that important perspective of a typical family visitor in combination with my background as a Member of Congress and a proponent of the Smithsonian's efforts to reach all Americans. "

" As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes. "

" Shame on me if I don't try to do more with what I have. It would be... a terrible thing to waste this opportunity to try to make a difference. "

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" I've learned to be pragmatic, but I don't sacrifice my principles, my values. "

" It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol. "

" According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world. "