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

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

" I have a lot of kids in my district who haven't been to the beach, much less Washington, D.C., and that's 20 miles away. "

" This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country. "

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

" 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.' "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" My three daughters are all going to go to college, and it's not even a question. When I was applying to college, my parents were hoping that I would just go somewhere. Today, they look at their grandkids, and they know those kids will have a chance to build this country in bigger and better ways than my parents ever had a chance. "

" California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I hate to say it but I think it has become very obvious that our system for devising trade agreements, so very important to this country's functioning around the world, has not only broken, but it has broken completely. "

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

" I'm never gonna change the skin, right? I'm very proud of what it implies and what it has meant to me... but then again, in Congress, I hope to make my mark as a colleague and as a leader. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "