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" It's a sacrifice for me. It's not really something I want to do. I don't love the idea of being a U.S. senator; I love the idea of being a mother. "
Wendy Long
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" What I do know is that liberal Democrat policies in our big cities are not helping anybody, especially our big cities. "
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" Whether it's federal highway funds for the Thruway or Tappan Zee bridge project or the corrupt Cornhusker deal, Senator Gillibrand is willing to sell out our hardworking families. She has failed to address the problem that taxpayers in New York send much more to Washington that we get back. "
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" If you have empathy for both sides, then that's the same as having no empathy at all. "
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" If Roe v. Wade were overturned tomorrow, nobody would even notice, because the states are legislating their own laws about abortion, completely independent. "
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" The best way to have empathy for people and the best way to have empathy for our Constitution is to appoint judges who will rule based on the law and to have empathy, if you will, for the law only and to rule based on the law. "
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" Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that the law as written. "
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" Serious people need to work hard to reduce the debt, reduce taxes, and slash regulation on the small businesses and families that are the lifeblood of new jobs and innovation in our state. "
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" There are no George Baileys anymore. "
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" Many Americans have sensed there is a very corrupt pay-to-play system going on in Washington. "
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Going
" New York voters agree on this: There is too much corruption in government - federal, state, and local. "
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" Chuck Schumer is the face of the ruling class. "
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" I'm kind of a small-town girl. "
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" Our government is corrupt. "
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" I guess I was a little idealistic and thought if you are honest and you're well-qualified and capable of waging a good fight, you can raise money. And what I learned is that our campaign finance laws are really a great big incumbent protection act. "
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Great
" Mainstream America, in the long run, will always stand for highly qualified, impartial judges and for a fair process and for senators who do their jobs and vote - not who unfairly smear good men like Judge Alito. "
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Good
" I would end the EB-5 program altogether, if we cannot establish that it can be used only to bring development to impoverished places where it otherwise truly would not occur under normal American market forces. "
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" I'm here to speak for those who say the American Dream isn't working for them, because I know it isn't. I'm here to say it's not your fault: the ruling class... has failed you. "
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" The immigration laws of the United States should not be used to buy and sell political favors. "
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" Lady Justice doesn't have empathy for anyone. She rules strictly based upon the law, and that's really the only way that our system can function properly under the Constitution. "
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" We've always said a filibuster is not appropriate for judicial nominees. A filibuster is a legislative tool designed to extract compromises. A judicial nominee is a person. You can't take the arm or leg of a nominee. "
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" I converted to Catholicism at age 35, after being raised as a Congregationalist in a New England Yankee family. "
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" The thing is that Chuck Schumer, for all his power and influence, is a pretty pathetic figure. You go around New York State, and people make jokes about him and talk about how he shows up at the New York State Fair and has a staffer carrying a big sign saying 'Come meet Chuck Schumer.' "
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Here
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