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" I'm from Florida, which I consider more southern. You cannot put Florida in the same category as California or New York. "
Lois Frankel
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" I always tell people that being the mayor of an urban city for eight years was like getting run over by a truck every day. There's inner satisfaction, but 24 hours a day, every day, I'm on duty. "
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" I'm the mother of a Marine veteran. "
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" My concept of hitting the ground running and being an effective legislator is to focus on my district and having really good constituent work. "
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" I have been in office for many years, and let me tell you, many times I have hated what the press has said about me. "
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" We are held up by the radical Muslims as the enemy. So every time we go into one of these countries to do - we think - the right thing, we become propaganda for this radical movement. "
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" I am fairly certain that our budget deficit was not caused by children with autism or 90-year-old grannies in nursing homes, so why take it out on them by cutting services? "
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" My son was born right here in Florida; he went to public schools and went to the University of Florida and surprised me - I'll tell you that - when he went into the service. "
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" I ran for Congress in 1992, but I lost the election, and I really dropped the idea of ever serving in Congress. Eventually, I went home and became the mayor of my city, West Palm Beach. I was mayor for eight years. "
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" We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative. "
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" It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships. "
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" I never liked the status quo. Once I went to college, I got very involved in student activism. "
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Got
College
Status Quo
" I do not want to send anybody else's child to war. "
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War
Child
" Once you've been a mayor, you look to try to get things done. "
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Look
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" When I was a young kid, girls were taught that their role in life was to get married and have children. It was the 1950s. Those were the rules. "
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" There's always been incivility in politics. "
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Been
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" Closing the gun show loophole would be a good thing to do. "
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" A North Korea that has the capability to use a nuclear weapon that can reach an American city or those of an ally poses a grave challenge as the U.S. seeks to preserve peace and stability in the region. "
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City
American
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" I am not one of those who thinks that Congress needs to be in session 24 hours a day interfering in peoples' lives. "
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Am
Day
" I definitely think there should be stronger gun safety laws, including prohibiting the sale of assault weapons, probably banning the sale of certain magazines that allow you to fire a large amount of bullets. "
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Gun
Think
Fire
" We must engage with China to try and put as much pressure on North Korea as possible. "
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Try
Possible
Pressure
" A strong, unwavering relationship between the U.S. and its allies Japan and South Korea is necessary for the national and economic security of all three countries. "
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Three
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" Japan and South Korea are two of America's greatest trading partners and home to important U.S. military bases. "
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" Creating on-campus communities for student veterans will help ease the transition from military to student life by providing networking opportunities, assistance with federal benefits, and career services. "
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" All polling places should be safe, without discrimination against any religion. "
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" It just comes out of my subconscious. If you asked me to draw you a doodle, I couldn't do it. "
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" I can say this very clearly: I have come into this Congress with an antiwar bias. "
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